#1Famous people · Goshen
12 famous people come from Goshen, Hartley Sawyer the best known
Articles in 20 languages make the American actor Hartley Sawyer the best known. Between 1920 and 1969, 4 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 8.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9. Hartley Sawyer, born in 1985, is the youngest, and William Thompson Howell, born in 1810, the first on record.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Hartley Sawyer
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1810
William Thompson Howell
Youngest
1985
Hartley Sawyer
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Goshen’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Goshen’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & LawFaithWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Goshen
Two of the three are performers.
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What Goshen is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 2.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Goshen
Another 9, 4 of them athletes.
Rowena Granice Steele
1824–1901American actress, journalist, author, publisher
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Warwick’s, at 6 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Goshen 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 (11)
- Hartley Sawyer: Heroes & Villains, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie "The Lion" Smith: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginia Vincent: Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin O'Sullivan: University Athletic Association, Inc., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lauren Hough: Michael Kramer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George D. Gillespie: Churchman Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rowena Granice Steele: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Corr: likeaduck, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gus Dapperton: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Seward: Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Terry Jackson: Everts & Ensign, (Philadelphia), publishers., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons