#1Military
Graham N. Fitch
1809–1892Union United States Army officer and American politician
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Famous people · Le Roy
11 famous people were born in Le Roy, most of them in the early republic
Graham N. Fitch leads the list, covered in 10 languages. The oldest name on the list belongs to Graham N. Fitch, born in 1809, the newest to Vince Scott, born in 1925. Per head, the list is long: 25.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,265 towns in New York with famous people list more.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Graham N. Fitch
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1809
Graham N. Fitch
Youngest
1925
Vince Scott
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Le Roy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Le Roy’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1820s, at 3.
Politics & LawMilitaryNotableFilm, TV & StageBusinessSportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Le Roy
First, Graham N. Fitch (10 languages), then Agnes Morgan (5) and John Ganson (5).
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Agnes Morgan
1879–1976American director, theatrical producer and actor
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#3Known for
What Le Roy is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.3 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Le Roy 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)
- Graham N. Fitch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Agnes Morgan: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ganson: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorenzo Sawyer: Thors Instantaneous Photographs, San Francisco, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward R. Bacon: Anders Zorn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Milo Smith Hascall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Goodell Frost: Harris & Ewing, Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Boylan: Emporia State University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons