#1Famous people · Herkimer
Herkimer’s famous people span 187 years: 8 births from 1765 to 1952
The best known is the actor Chick Vennera, with articles in 15 languages. The next two names are Lou Ambers and Henry Quackenbush. 3 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. Per head, the list is long: 8.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Chick Vennera
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1765
John Nicholson
Youngest
1952
Marc Butler
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Herkimer’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Herkimer’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Politics & LawBusinessFilm, TV & StageSportsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Herkimer
Ranked by languages covered: Chick Vennera with 15, then Lou Ambers with 7 and Henry Quackenbush with 4.
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What Herkimer is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.8 times as common.
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Everyone else born in Herkimer
Still to come: 5 more, from 1765 to 1952.
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Of the towns nearby, Little Falls lists the most people: 13.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Herkimer 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 (10)
- Chick Vennera: Chick vennera, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lou Ambers: Creator(s): Smith, Roger, photographer, Collection: Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Earl: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George E. Wiley: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Waterman: Isaiah West Taber, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald J. Mitchell: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis E. Spinner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Madeline Yale Wynne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Hotaling: Goodwin & Company, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kirkland C. Barker: F. A. Barnard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons