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Upjohn Church at Franklin NY Mar 09Photo: Doug Kerr from Upstate New York · CC BY-SA 2.0
Famous people · Franklin

No one born in Franklin has made the famous people list yet

Famous people are on record for 1,269 of the towns in New York. New York City has the most of any town in New York: 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 Franklin), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Franklin has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Franklin 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.