Famous people · Harrietstown
Born near Harrietstown: 22 famous people within 35 miles
Bill Demong, born in Saranac Lake, 8 mi away, is the closest. The best known of them is Solomon Northup, with articles in 32 languages. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Harrietstown. Next door, Saranac Lake lists 12, led by Bill Demong.
Born nearby
22
within 35 miles
Closest
25 mi
Solomon Northup
Best known
Solomon Northup
in 32 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Harrietstown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Harrietstown
They were born in 11 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Eli Winch
1848–1938
Solomon Northup
1808–1864Free-born African American kidnapped by slave-traders
Joram Piatigorsky
born 1940American molecular biologist and eye researcher
Samuel Hand
1834–1886American jurist (1834–1886); Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Saranac Lake, at 12.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Harrietstown 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 (9)
- Solomon Northup: Frederick M. Coffin (engraved by Nathaniel Orr), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Shea: G.T. Rasineau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Weibrecht: Catholympique from Mandelieu, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Burke: Wikijunkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Mollner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Markham: Union Eng S.F., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda Brewster Sewell: Amanda Brewster Sewell - 1904, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bertrand Snell: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Billinghurst: Taylor and Gleason (Madison, WI), printers., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons