#1Famous people · Cortlandt
From 1797 to 1989, Cortlandt was the birthplace of 3 famous people
At the top of the list is the American field hockey player Melissa Gonzalez, covered in 8 languages. Second place goes to the united States Navy admiral Hiram Paulding, third to Jim May. Peekskill, which borders it, has 33 on its list, the best known Mel Gibson. For its size the list is short: 0.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical New York town.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Melissa Gonzalez
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1797
Hiram Paulding
Youngest
1989
Melissa Gonzalez
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Cortlandt
Two of the three are athletes.
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What Cortlandt is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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The longest list nearby is Peekskill’s, with 33.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cortlandt 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)
- Melissa Gonzalez: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram Paulding: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kara DioGuardi: karadioguardi.com., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Premik Russell Tubbs: Margetoile, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Farrow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons