No famous person yet from Cragsmoor
Joseph Y. Resnick leads the 9 names listed next door in Ellenville. Famous people are on record for 1,288 of the towns in New York. No town in New York lists more than New York City, with 99. After New York City, the next longest list in New York is Huntington’s, with 81.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Cragsmoor), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Cragsmoor has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Cragsmoor
Around it, Ellenville has the most people on record, 9 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cragsmoor 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 (3)
- Joseph Y. Resnick: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Stone: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simeon De Witt: Ezra Ames, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons


