#1Famous people · Canton
9 famous people were born in Canton, more of them athletes than in most towns
Most widely known is Jordan Greenway, the American ice hockey player, with articles in 12 languages. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,288 towns in New York with famous people list more. The list runs from Theodore Conkey, born in 1819, to Jordan Greenway, born in 1997. For every 10,000 residents there are 7.8 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Jordan Greenway
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1819
Theodore Conkey
Youngest
1997
Jordan Greenway
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Canton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Canton is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Canton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 2 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Canton
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Canton
A further 6 follow, born between 1819 and 1988.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Potsdam has the most on record: 14.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Canton and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Jordan Greenway: Surveytrevor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade Megan: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lester S. Willson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank B. Kellogg: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Irving Bacheller: published by L C Page and company Boston 1903, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ozora P. Stearns: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons