#14 famous people were born in Lewiston from 1867 to 1995
Articles in 8 languages make the American businesswoman Leila Janah the best known. Second and third on the list are Susan M. Crawford and Barney E. Warren. Leila Janah, the best known, was born in 1982. The list comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 residents, below the 3.9 of the typical town in New York.
Born in Lewiston
Leila Janah has articles in 8 languages, Susan M. Crawford in 4 and Barney E. Warren in 2.
#1
#2Barney E. Warren
1867–1951American Christian hymnwriter and minister
When Lewiston’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 1 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Lewiston is known for
The field with the most names is Business: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Lewiston
1 more, best known first.
Also called Lewiston home
Born elsewhere, Paul A. Schoellkopf lived here.

Paul A. Schoellkopf
1884–1947Who’s the most famous person from Lewiston?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Lewiston’s most famous person is.
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Niagara Falls’, with 60.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lewiston 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 (7)
- Leila Janah: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan M. Crawford: Susan Crawford, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maddie Elia: Puffycoombes, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul A. Schoellkopf: NYTimes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franchot Tone: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willis Winter Bradley: US Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Dyer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons



