Famous people · Lyncourt
Born near Lyncourt: 16 famous people within 35 miles
Tom Cruise, born in Syracuse, 3 mi away, is the closest. No entry yet names Lyncourt as a birthplace. Across the town line, Syracuse lists 29, Tom Cruise first. The longest list of any town in New York belongs to New York City, with 99.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
3 mi
Tom Cruise
Best known
Tom Cruise
in 126 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Lyncourt’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Lyncourt
Nobody born in Lyncourt is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Robert F. Engle
born 1942American economist and Nobel laureate
Bobcat Goldthwait
born 1962American comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter
Eric Carle
1929–2021American author and illustrator for children
Leonard Bacon
1887–1954American poet, translator, and literary critic
Matilda Joslyn Gage
1826–1898American writer, Native American civil rights activist, abolitionist, freethinker
Harold S. Osborne
1887–1985American electrical engineer
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Nearby, Syracuse has the most on record, with 29.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lyncourt and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. 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)
- Robert F. Engle: Econterms, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Woese: Don Hamerman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Serling: CBS Television via the Bureau of Industrial Service. During the 1950s and 1960s, television networks, program sponsors and studios often used either advertising or public relations agencies to distribute publicity materials. The Bureau was a divisio…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matilda Joslyn Gage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Carle: Fotopersbureau De Boer, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rose Cleveland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Costello: Fleer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons