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Famous people · Chazy
4 famous people call Chazy their birthplace
Articles in 9 languages make the American architect H. Craig Severance the best known. Close behind are George Montgomery Scott and John H. Moffitt. For every 10,000 residents there are 9.8 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9. Leaders make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
H. Craig Severance
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
George Montgomery Scott
Youngest
1879
H. Craig Severance
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Chazy
Two of the three are leaders.
#2
#3Politics & Law
John H. Moffitt
1843–1926United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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Through the years
When Chazy’s famous people were born
The 1870s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Chazy is known for
Chazy has 3.6× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Chazy
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Champlain lists the most people: 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chazy 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)
- George Montgomery Scott: Cool Hand Luke at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John H. Moffitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julius C. Hubbell: Jeffers, Joe .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);box-…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Curtis: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nelson W. Fisk: Lawrence Barinerd 2nd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert John Kirby: World Wide Photo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons