Photo: Fwgoebel · CC BY-SA 3.0No one born in Lake Pleasant has made the famous people list yet
Next door, the list for Wells holds 2, Leonard Volk first. 1,291 towns across New York can name a famous person born there. The longest list in New York is New York City’s, with 99 names. Huntington has the second-longest list in New York, after New York City, with 81.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Lake Pleasant), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Lake Pleasant has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Lake Pleasant
The fullest list close by belongs to Wells, with 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake Pleasant 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 (1)
- Leonard Volk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons