#1Famous people · Mattituck
Josephine Silone Yates tops a list of 5 famous people born in Mattituck
The best known is the American chemist Josephine Silone Yates, with articles in 11 languages. James Aldrich, the American editor and minor poet, comes second, with Greg Sacks third. 4 of them were born in the early republic, more than in any other period. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.9 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Josephine Silone Yates
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1801
Herman D. Aldrich
Youngest
1952
Greg Sacks
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
What stands out about Mattituck’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mattituck’s famous people were born
The 1850s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Science & MedicineWriting & ArtsSportsBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Mattituck
Ranked by languages covered: Josephine Silone Yates with 11, then James Aldrich with 7 and Greg Sacks with 3.
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What Mattituck is known for
The largest field is Science & Medicine, with 1 people.
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Everyone else born in Mattituck
2 more names, born between 1801 and 1831.
John Bunyan Reeve
1831–1916American Presbyterian minister and professor at Howard University
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mattituck 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)
- Josephine Silone Yates: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bunyan Reeve: White, Charles Frederick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Otis G. Pike: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander M. Zaleski: ZMAN90, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons