#1Famous people · Lewiston
4 famous people were born in Lewiston from 1867 to 1995
Most widely known is Leila Janah, the American businesswoman, with articles in 8 languages. Second place goes to the American judge Susan M. Crawford, third to Barney E. Warren. Leila Janah was born in 1982. Per head, the list is long: 15.5 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Leila Janah
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1867
Barney E. Warren
Youngest
1995
Maddie Elia
Most common field
Business
1 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Lewiston
Leila Janah has articles in 8 languages, Susan M. Crawford in 4 and Barney E. Warren in 2.
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Faith
Barney E. Warren
1867–1951American Christian hymnwriter and minister
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Lewiston’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
BusinessPolitics & LawFaithSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lewiston is known for
Share of Lewiston’s famous people in each field.
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 Lewiston
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Lewiston home
One more notable person made the town home: Paul A. Schoellkopf.
Paul A. Schoellkopf
1884–1947BusinessWikipedia ↗
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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 (4)
- 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