#1Famous people · Cooperstown
16 famous people from Cooperstown, many of them writers and artists
Robert L. Gibson, the American astronaut, is the most widely known, written about in 27 languages. Second and third on the list are Kenneth Bainbridge and Lauren Groff. The largest group, 7, was born in the early republic. Only 109 of the 1,265 towns in New York with anyone on record list more.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Robert L. Gibson
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1789
Samuel Chase
Youngest
1978
Lauren Groff
Most common field
Writing & Arts
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Cooperstown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Cooperstown is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 3.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Cooperstown’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1810s come out on top, with 4 births.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cooperstown
The three are covered in 27, 26 and 22 languages: Robert L. Gibson, Kenneth Bainbridge and Lauren Groff.
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Everyone else born in Cooperstown
13 more, from 1789 to 1960.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Cooperstown home
Born elsewhere, Michaela Dietz lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cooperstown 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)
- Robert L. Gibson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren Groff: Cbkallman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy Dupree: Employee of the U.S. State Department, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Omar D. Conger: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michaela Dietz: steve cranston, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons