#1Famous people · Elizabethtown
From 1809 to 1949, Elizabethtown was the birthplace of 5 famous people
At the top of the list is the American politician Orlando Kellogg, covered in 7 languages. Augustus Noble Hand and Joram Piatigorsky follow. The list’s best known name, Orlando Kellogg, dates from 1809. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Orlando Kellogg
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1809
Orlando Kellogg
Youngest
1949
Earl Frisbie
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Elizabethtown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Elizabethtown’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 2.
Politics & LawScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Elizabethtown
Orlando Kellogg, Augustus Noble Hand and Joram Piatigorsky are written about in 7, 4 and 3 languages.
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Science & Medicine
Joram Piatigorsky
born 1940American molecular biologist and eye researcher
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Known for
What Elizabethtown is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.9 times as common.
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Everyone else born in Elizabethtown
Another 2, the earliest born in 1834.
Samuel Hand
1834–1886American jurist (1834–1886); Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
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The longest list nearby is Westport’s, with 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elizabethtown 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)
- Orlando Kellogg: George Levi Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustus Noble Hand: Family photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Eugene Osborne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond R. Wright: City of Port Henry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Elmer Milholland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons