Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person yet from Margaretville
New York City has the most of any town in New York: 99. After New York City, the next longest list in New York is Huntington’s, with 81. Across New York, the lists cover 1,300 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Margaretville), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Margaretville has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Margaretville 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.