#1Politics & Law
Margaret Sanger
1879–1966American birth control activist and nurse
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Famous people · Corning
Leaders stand out among the 24 famous people born in Corning
Articles in 64 languages make the American birth control activist and nurse Margaret Sanger the best known. Samuel Sevian, the American chess player, comes second, with Alice Bigelow Tully third. In the age of mills and railroads, 10 were born, the most of any period. From Nathan T. Carr in 1833 to Samuel Sevian in 2000, the births cover 167 years.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Margaret Sanger
in 64 Wikipedia languages
First
1833
Nathan T. Carr
Youngest
2000
Samuel Sevian
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Corning’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Corning
Margaret Sanger, Samuel Sevian and Alice Bigelow Tully are written about in 64, 17 and 11 languages.
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What Corning is known for
Corning has 2.1× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
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 Corning’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Corning
21 more, best known first.
Guyford Stever
1916–2010American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer
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A chosen home
Also called Corning home
Born elsewhere, Eric Massa lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Corning 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 (12)
- Margaret Sanger: Los Angeles Times, restored by Adam Cuerden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Sevian: Stefan64, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Bigelow Tully: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amo Houghton: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethel Byrne: East Oregonian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guyford Stever: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Charles Ansorge: The Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Geoff Bruce: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry H. Pratt: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan T. Carr: Engraving circa 1880. (Subject died in 1885). Unknown engraver., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Publius Virgilius Lawson: Publius Virgilius Lawson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Massa: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons