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Famous people · Liberty

8 famous people were born in Liberty, most of them between 1920 and 1969

The best known is the American photographer Zoe Leonard, with articles in 10 languages. Per head, the list is long: 15.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9. Over 101 years of births, the list goes from Rosetta Sherwood Hall (1865) to Bill Galvano (1966). 3 of them are writers and artists, more than in any other field.

#2 best knownRosetta Sherwood HallFaith · 1865–1951
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Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Zoe Leonard
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1865
Rosetta Sherwood Hall
Youngest
1966
Bill Galvano
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people

What stands out about Liberty’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Liberty’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.

Mills & railroadsThe American century185019001950Allen YoungRosetta Sherwood Hall
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawFaithSportsBusiness

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Liberty

The three are covered in 10, 7 and 6 languages: Zoe Leonard, Rosetta Sherwood Hall and Maurice Martin.

ZL#1
Writing & Arts

Zoe Leonard

born 1961

American photographer

10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Rosetta Sherwood Hall#2
Faith

Rosetta Sherwood Hall

1865–1951

Canadian missionary

7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
MM#3
Sports

Maurice Martin

born 1964

American basketball player

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for

What Liberty is known for

No other field is as far above the usual share as writers and artists, at 3.7 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 Liberty

A further 5 follow, born between 1929 and 1966.

Allen Young

Allen Young

born 1941

American journalist

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Bill Galvano

Bill Galvano

born 1966

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Debra Bazemore

Debra Bazemore

American politician from Georgia

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Liberty 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.

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