#1Famous people · Gainesville
Gainesville has one famous person on record
Lovisa Card-Catlin, the American artist, was born in 1846. Their birth falls in the early republic. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. 1,265 towns in New York have at least one famous person on record.

Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Lovisa Card-Catlin
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1846
Lovisa Card-Catlin
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Gainesville
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gainesville 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 (1)
- Lovisa Card-Catlin: Orlando Rouland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons