#1Famous people · Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Most widely known is Alex Grendi, the American soccer player, with articles in 5 languages. Close behind are Alex Foxen and Justin Cooper. 3 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. The earliest on the list is Ida Sammis, born in 1865, and the youngest Justin Cooper, born in 1997.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Alex Grendi
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1865
Ida Sammis
Youngest
1997
Justin Cooper
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Cold Spring Harbor’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cold Spring Harbor’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 2 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cold Spring Harbor
Alex Grendi has articles in 5 languages, Alex Foxen in 4 and Justin Cooper in 3.
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What Cold Spring Harbor is known for
Cold Spring Harbor has 1.7× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cold Spring Harbor 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)
- Alex Grendi: Late1 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Foxen: World Poker Tour, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Cooper: Ryan Elwell from Vancouver, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ida Sammis: No photographer named in original source., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Norris Russell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Vesce: Artem Korzhimanov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Lovett: nrkbeta, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons