Saint Mark's Church · Photo: Gilbert Ask · Public domainDeWitt has yet to put a famous person on the list
Next door, Syracuse lists 29, led by Tom Cruise. Famous people are on record for 1,258 of the towns in New York. New York City’s 99 names make the longest list in New York. 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 DeWitt), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in DeWitt has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near DeWitt
Around it, Syracuse has the most people on record, 29 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is DeWitt 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)
- John J. Peck: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Simons Fulmer: Ministerie van Defensie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- T. B. Terry: Theodore Brainard Terry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons