#15 famous people were born in Miller Place from 1680 to 1971
Articles in 9 languages make the American politician Caleb Smith Woodhull the best known. Matthew Ryan and Rick Donnelly follow. The list comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in New York, at 3.9. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them.

What stands out about Miller Place’s famous people
When Miller Place’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Miller Place
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1What Miller Place is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Miller Place
2 more names, born between 1680 and 1971.
Captain Robert Robinson
1680–1762Queen Anne's War veteran and founder of Yaphank, New York
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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Mount Sinai: 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Miller Place 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 (2)
- Caleb Smith Woodhull: Booth's History of New York, Volume 6, Mary Louise Booth, 1859, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Trent Barreta: Carter Sterling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
