Famous people · Horseheads North
Born near Horseheads North: 30 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Chad Lefkowitz Brown, was born in Horseheads, 2 mi away. Margaret Sanger is the most widely known, written about in 64 languages. No entry yet names Horseheads North as a birthplace. Famous people are on record for 1,300 of the towns in New York.
Born nearby
30
within 35 miles
Closest
11 mi
Margaret Sanger
Best known
Margaret Sanger
in 64 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Horseheads North’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Horseheads North
They were born in 10 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
M. B. Banks
1883–1970American college football coach, college basketball coach, college baseball coach, college athletics administrator
Eileen Collins
born 1956Astronaut and United States Air Force pilot
John Maynard Woodworth
1837–1879American physician and Supervising-Surgeon General
Robert Walker
1929–2016American Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Margaret Sanger
1879–1966American birth control activist and nurse
Guyford Stever
1916–2010American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer
Jane Delano
1862–1919American nurse and administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Horseheads North 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 (22)
- Margaret Sanger: Los Angeles Times, restored by Adam Cuerden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eileen Collins: Robert Markowitz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hal Roach: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Caine: U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Baker: Office of the Governor of Massachusetts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beth Phoenix: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Sevian: Stefan64, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kate Warne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Bigelow Tully: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amo Houghton: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethel Byrne: East Oregonian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guyford Stever: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Delano: American Red Cross., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Maynard Woodworth: Hermann Günther, Hof-Photograph Seiner Majestät des Königs n. Sr.Kgl.H.d. Prinzen Freidrich Carl. Berlin, Werderscher Markt No. 6. Dortmund, Hôtel Bellevue. Essen, vis à vis dem Berg: Märk; Bahnhof., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie Watson: Joel Rhymer from Freedom, NH, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander S. Diven: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Walker: US Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Lefkowitz Brown: Stephanie.sanz1932, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Halsey Ives: Anders Zorn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- M. B. Banks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Arza Davenport: American Historical Society (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Denny: See below, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons