#1Famous people · Greene
3 famous people call Greene their birthplace
Francis Joseph Flynn, the American entertainer, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Behind the leader come John C. Wright and Edward Oramel Austin. Of the towns next door, Oxford lists the most: 8, with Robert Stockton Williamson first. The list comes to 5.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical town in New York.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Francis Joseph Flynn
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1801
John C. Wright
Youngest
1864
Francis Joseph Flynn
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Greene
Francis Joseph Flynn, John C. Wright and Edward Oramel Austin are written about in 4, 4 and 1 languages.
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What Greene is known for
The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 1.
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The longest list nearby is Oxford’s, with 8.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greene 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)
- Francis Joseph Flynn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Wright: Project Gutenberg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Stockton Williamson: Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rufus Mallory: Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick W. Smith: The Horseless age, Volume 16, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Blair Moody: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Freeman Palmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons