#1Famous people · Cohoes
Cohoes’ famous people span 157 years: 14 births from 1839 to 1996
Articles in 9 languages make the American baseball player and manager George Davis the best known. Behind the leader come James A. Herne and Carmen Mastren. The largest group, 6, was born in the age of mills and railroads. The list’s best known name, George Davis, dates from 1870.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
George Davis
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
James A. Herne
Youngest
1996
Ben Beaury
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Cohoes
The three are covered in 9, 8 and 4 languages: George Davis, James A. Herne and Carmen Mastren.
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Through the years
When Cohoes’s famous people were born
The 1870s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMilitaryFaithMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cohoes is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 4 people.
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 Cohoes
A further 11 follow, born between 1842 and 1996.
Charles Tyler Olmstead
1842–1924American clergyman (1842–1924); bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York from 1904 to 1924
FaithWikipedia ↗
Kenneth Thibodeau
born 1945NotableWikipedia ↗
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The neighbour with the most names is Troy, at 35.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cohoes 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 (7)
- George Davis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James A. Herne: Photograph very old and believed to be in the public domain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald Canestrari: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Tyler Olmstead: Samuel Hart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold E. Rosecrans: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry S. Longley: Samuel Hart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethelda Bleibtrey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons