John D. Rockefeller
1839–1937American industrialist and philanthropist
Famous people · Harford
Born near Harford: 35 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is John D. Rockefeller, from Richford, 4 mi away. The nearest list is next door in Virgil: 2 names, starting with Martha B. O'Donnell. 1,282 towns across New York can name a famous person born there. No famous person’s birth in Harford is on record yet.
Born nearby
35
within 35 miles
Closest
4 mi
John D. Rockefeller
Best known
John D. Rockefeller
in 104 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Harford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Harford
The 35 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.
William Rockefeller
1841–1922American financier, businessman, and Standard Oil co-founder
L. W. Boynton
1877–1937American football player and coach, lawyer
David Foster Wallace
1962–2008American fiction writer and essayist
Alex Haley
1921–1992American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Harford and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (30)
- John D. Rockefeller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Foster Wallace: Steve Rhodes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Haley: University of Texas at Arlington Photograph Collection, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amelia Bloomer: Binksternet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Dickson White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Kare: Cooper Hewitt, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Geller: ServiceAT, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Dake: National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dustin Brown: JulieAndSteve, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alton B. Parker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Eugene Smith: Leo Mielziner (1869-1935), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Rockefeller: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gideon C. Moody: South Dakota State Historical Society, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Blair: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Bicknell Carpenter: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Lewis Miller: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Osborn Stoddard: Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyrus L. Dunham: US Military, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wilbur Dwight: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William S. Lincoln: Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Fisk Comfort: Hiram S. Gutsell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harmon S. Conger: State Bar Association of Wisconsin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alonzo W. Adams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick W. Smith: The Horseless age, Volume 16, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac T. Stoddard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- L. W. Boynton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Frank: Frank H. Lyman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Edwards: Thopson, Paul, fl. 190--192- -- Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha B. O'Donnell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur P. Robinson: Photographers not identified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons