#1Famous people · Mamaroneck
From 1804 to 1974, Mamaroneck was the birthplace of 6 famous people
Articles in 12 languages make the American actor Morgan Farley the best known. 3 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. The list comes to 3 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in New York, at 3.9. Morgan Farley was born in 1898.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Morgan Farley
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1804
Richard Mott
Youngest
1974
Auren Hoffman
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
The best known
Born in Mamaroneck
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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#2Writing & Arts
Anna Marguerite McCann
1933–2017American art historian and archaeologist
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#3Through the years
When Mamaroneck’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mamaroneck is known for
2 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest 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 Mamaroneck
Of the other 3, 2 are leaders.
Richard Mott
1804–1888Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, and U.S. Representative from Ohio
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Mamaroneck home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Typhoid Mary.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Rye lists the most people: 22.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mamaroneck 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 (6)
- Morgan Farley: film screenshot (Eagle-Lion), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Marguerite McCann: J.P. Oleson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gail Sheehy: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Mott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Typhoid Mary: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Sarazen: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons