#1Famous people · Farmington
4 famous people were born in Farmington
Articles in 10 languages make the American politician Elbridge G. Lapham the best known. Second place goes to the American botanist and myriapodologist Harold F. Loomis, third to William H. Payne. The list comes to 2.7 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in New York, at 3.9. The earliest on the list is Elbridge G. Lapham, born in 1814, and the youngest Harold F. Loomis, born in 1896.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Elbridge G. Lapham
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1814
Elbridge G. Lapham
Youngest
1896
Harold F. Loomis
The best known
Born in Farmington
Counted by languages, Elbridge G. Lapham is ahead of Harold F. Loomis and William H. Payne: 10, 7 and 6.
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Science & Medicine
Harold F. Loomis
1896–1976American botanist and myriapodologist
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#3Through the years
When Farmington’s famous people were born
Most were born in the early republic (3); the busiest decade is the 1810s (1).
NotablePolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Farmington is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Farmington
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Canandaigua has the most people on record, 24 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Farmington 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 (7)
- Elbridge G. Lapham: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Payne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Catharine A. F. Stebbins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristen Wiig: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. N. Loughborough: M. W. Owens, Battle Creek, Michigan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Artemisia Lathbury: Mary Artemisia Lathbury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David P. Richardson: From 1882's "Public Men of To-Day" by Phineas Camp Headley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons