#1Famous people · Lake Placid
Most of the 21 famous people born in Lake Placid came into the world between 1920 and 1969
The best known is the US speed skater Jack Shea, with articles in 24 languages. Second place goes to the American alpine skier Andrew Weibrecht, third to Francis Tyler. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,288 towns in New York with famous people list more. The list runs from Hubert Stevens, born in 1890, to Tate Frantz, born in 2005.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Jack Shea
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Hubert Stevens
Youngest
2005
Tate Frantz
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
The best known
Born in Lake Placid
Ranked by languages covered: Jack Shea with 24, then Andrew Weibrecht with 23 and Francis Tyler with 16.
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Through the years
When Lake Placid’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
SportsNotableWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lake Placid is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lake Placid
18 more names, born between 1890 and 2005.
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A chosen home
Also called Lake Placid home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Lowell Bailey.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake Placid 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 (8)
- Jack Shea: G.T. Rasineau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Weibrecht: Catholympique from Mandelieu, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Wood: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nina Lussi: MartinPutz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Devlin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tate Frantz: Snoflaxe, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowell Bailey: Guillaume Baviere from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Schommer: Picture taken by Marcus Cyron, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons