No famous person from Greenville yet, but Yonkers next door has 40
1,300 towns in New York have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in New York belongs to New York City, with 99. After New York City, the next longest list in New York is Huntington’s, with 81. Yonkers’ list is led by Jon Voight.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Greenville), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Greenville has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Greenville
The neighbour with the most names is Yonkers, at 40.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greenville 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 (3)
- Jon Voight: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel D. Tompkins: Attributed to John Wesley Jarvis (1780–1840), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David M. Solomon: U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons