#1Science & Medicine
Duane B.Simmons
1837–1889American physician, educator and lay Christian missionary
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Famous people · Milan
Milan is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Best known of all is Duane B.Simmons, written about in 5 languages. Behind the leader come Jane Marsh Parker and Julia Wilbur. Births span 1815 to 1837, from Julia Wilbur to Duane B.Simmons. New York City has the most of any town in New York: 99.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Duane B.Simmons
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1815
Julia Wilbur
Youngest
1837
Duane B.Simmons
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Milan
The three are covered in 5, 3 and 3 languages: Duane B.Simmons, Jane Marsh Parker and Julia Wilbur.
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#2Writing & Arts
Jane Marsh Parker
1836–1913American author, historian, clubwoman
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#3Science & Medicine
Julia Wilbur
1815–1895Quaker abolitionist, suffragist and nurse
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Through the years
When Milan’s famous people were born
4 were born in the early republic, and the 1830s alone saw 2.
Science & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Milan is known for
Share of Milan’s famous people in each 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 Milan
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Rhinebeck counts 14 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Milan 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 (9)
- Duane B.Simmons: 日本プロテスタント宣教150周年記念大会, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Marsh Parker: Artist not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Wilbur: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Roberts: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amos P. Catlin: James T. White & Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Livingston: Engraved by E Wellmore from a drawing by J L Longacre., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac R. Sherwood: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Snyder: Bain News Service,, publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Powell Bond: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons