Photo: J. Passepartout · CC BY-SA 4.0Hornby has yet to put a famous person on the list
The nearest list is next door in Corning: 20 names, starting with Margaret Sanger. 1,287 towns in New York have at least one famous person on record. The longest list in New York is New York City’s, with 99 names. 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 Hornby), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Hornby has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Hornby
Close by, Corning counts 20 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hornby 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)
- Margaret Sanger: Los Angeles Times, restored by Adam Cuerden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Clarendon Ballou: Wynkoop Crawford Hallenbeck Company (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons