#1Famous people · Hopewell
3 famous people call Hopewell their birthplace
Edyth Walker, the American opera singer, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The American gun maker Daniel Myron LeFever ranks second, ahead of William Andrew Sutherland. The list comes to 7.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical town in New York. Across the town line, Canandaigua lists 24, Kristen Wiig first.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Edyth Walker
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Daniel Myron LeFever
Youngest
1867
Edyth Walker
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Hopewell
Edyth Walker, Daniel Myron LeFever and William Andrew Sutherland are written about in 5, 4 and 1 languages.
#1#2#3Politics & Law
William Andrew Sutherland
born 1849US lawyer and politician
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What Hopewell is known for
The field with the most names is Music: 1.
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Nearby, Canandaigua has the most on record, with 24.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hopewell 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 (7)
- Edyth Walker: Josef Székely, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Myron LeFever: User:Drrobertdecker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Andrew Sutherland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristen Wiig: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hiram Berdan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Artemisia Lathbury: Mary Artemisia Lathbury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Ann Angell: artist unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons