#1Famous people · Islip
16 famous people come from Islip, Tobias Harris the best known
The best known is the American basketball player Tobias Harris, with articles in 28 languages. The American equestrian Michael Plumb ranks second, ahead of ZillaKami. 6 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Only 109 of the 1,258 towns in New York with anyone on record list more.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Tobias Harris
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1773
Jonathan Thompson
Youngest
1999
ZillaKami
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Islip’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Islip’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Islip
Counted by languages, Tobias Harris is ahead of Michael Plumb and ZillaKami: 28, 15 and 13.
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#3Known for
What Islip is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 4 of them.
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Everyone else born in Islip
13 more, 3 of them athletes.
Gerald Warner Brace
1901–1978Novelist, writer, educator, sailor, boat builder
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Smithtown counts 36 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Islip 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 (9)
- Tobias Harris: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- ZillaKami: Antelius6, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Langer: Scott Langer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa Joan Hart: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Floyd: Ralph Earl (Earle), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney Dangerfield: Press photo, photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Jones: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Cannone: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Melia: Longbomb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons