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Famous people · North Hempstead
North Hempstead’s famous people span 219 years: 4 births from 1788 to 2007
Articles in 5 languages make the American politician John A. Searing the best known. Larry Lawton, the American writer and motivational speaker, comes second, with James Mott third. The list comes to 0.2 for every 10,000 residents, below the 3.9 of the typical town in New York. 2 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John A. Searing
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1788
James Mott
Youngest
2007
Dino Klapija
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in North Hempstead
Two of the three are leaders.
#2Writing & Arts
Larry Lawton
born 1961American writer and motivational speaker
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When North Hempstead’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1800s come out on top, with 1 births.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What North Hempstead is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, 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 North Hempstead
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, New York City counts 99 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North Hempstead 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 (8)
- Larry Lawton: Larry Lawton (copyright holder), CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Mott: Anna Davis Hallowell and Lucretia Mott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lana Del Rey: Mike Monaghan from Seattle, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Norris Russell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Satriani: Michael Hanselmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Telly Savalas: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Madison Beer: Justin Higuchi, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aljamain Sterling: MMAnytt, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons