No one from Clinton is on the famous people list yet
Of the bordering towns, Mooers has the longest list: 4, with Ashbel P. Fitch at the top. The longest list of any town in New York belongs to New York City, with 99. Huntington has the second-longest list in New York, after New York City, with 81. 1,265 of the towns in New York list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Clinton), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Clinton has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Clinton
Of the towns nearby, 3 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clinton 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 (3)
- Ashbel P. Fitch: From the article "Records of a Puritan Family" by Ashbel P. Fitch. The National Magazine, December 1893 -- January 1894., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Orville Gibson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred D. Shepard: Fred Shepard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons