Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Hamptonburgh has no famous person on record yet
Goshen’s list, next door, has 12 names, Hartley Sawyer first among them. Across New York, the lists cover 1,265 towns. 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.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Hamptonburgh), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Hamptonburgh has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Hamptonburgh
Close by, the fullest list is Goshen’s, at 12 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hamptonburgh 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 (2)
- Hartley Sawyer: Heroes & Villains, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel P. Hill: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons