Famous people · Fort Johnson
Born near Fort Johnson: 25 famous people within 35 miles
Kirk Douglas, born in Amsterdam, 3 mi away, is the closest. Of the towns next door, Amsterdam lists the most: 37, with Kirk Douglas first. No famous person on record lists Fort Johnson as their birthplace yet. The New York lists hold names for 1,280 towns.
Born nearby
25
within 35 miles
Closest
3 mi
Kirk Douglas
Best known
Kirk Douglas
in 101 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Fort Johnson’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Fort Johnson
Nobody born in Fort Johnson is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Thomas R. Horton
1823–1894American congressman for New York
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1815–1902American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist
Richard Russo
born 1949American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter
Albert Coons
1912–1978United States Army officer, pathologist and immunologist
Clarence Emmeren Kobuski
1900–1963Botanist and biologist
Stephen J. Dubner
born 1963American author, journalist, and podcast host
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Amsterdam lists the most people: 37.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Johnson and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (16)
- Kirk Douglas: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Tomlinson: Andreu Veà, WiWiW.org, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Russo: Camille Gévaudan (K'm), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicole Maines: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucille Bremer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Tonko: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ira Harris: Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen J. Dubner: Audrey S. Bernstein, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Taylor: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andre Jackson Jr.: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Enos Thompson Throop: Cayuga Museum and Historians Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Tobey Anthony: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allen Potter: Chapman Bros. (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Briggs: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Thomas Byrne: US Government Printing Office., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons