#1Writing & Arts
Baird Thomas Spalding
1857–1953(1872-1953) American writer
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Famous people · Cohocton
4 famous people call Cohocton their birthplace
Baird Thomas Spalding, the American writer, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The American phrenologist and lecturer Orson S. Fowler ranks second, ahead of Charlotte Fowler Wells. The biggest group are business people: 2. From Orson S. Fowler to Ernest C. White, the births on the list run from 1809 to 1872.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Baird Thomas Spalding
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1809
Orson S. Fowler
Youngest
1872
Ernest C. White
Most common field
Business
2 people
The best known
Born in Cohocton
Business people take two of the three places.
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#3Business
Charlotte Fowler Wells
1814–1901American phrenologist, publisher
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Through the years
When Cohocton’s famous people were born
Most were born in the early republic (3); the busiest decade is the 1850s (1).
BusinessWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cohocton is known for
The field with the most names is Business: 2.
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 Cohocton
1 more, best known first.
Ernest C. White
1872–1926American track athlete, college football player and coach, osteopathic physician
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The best known from each town bordering Cohocton.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cohocton 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 (5)
- Baird Thomas Spalding: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orson S. Fowler: Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlotte Fowler Wells: F. E. Willard & M. A. R. Livermore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert B. Van Valkenburgh: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert E. Minahan: Deborah Beaumont Martin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons