Famous people · North Syracuse
13 famous people were born within 35 miles of North Syracuse
L. Frank Baum is the most widely known, written about in 75 languages. Closest of all is Kim Black, from Liverpool, 4 mi away. No entry yet names North Syracuse as a birthplace. The longest list of any town in New York belongs to New York City, with 99.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
14 mi
L. Frank Baum
Best known
L. Frank Baum
in 75 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about North Syracuse’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near North Syracuse
They were born in 7 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Matilda Joslyn Gage
1826–1898American writer, Native American civil rights activist, abolitionist, freethinker
Robert F. Engle
born 1942American economist and Nobel laureate
Bobcat Goldthwait
born 1962American comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter
Eric Carle
1929–2021American author and illustrator for children
Leonard Bacon
1887–1954American poet, translator, and literary critic
Harold S. Osborne
1887–1985American electrical engineer
L. Frank Baum
1856–1919American author of children's books
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North Syracuse and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (7)
- L. Frank Baum: George Steckel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert F. Engle: Econterms, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Woese: Don Hamerman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Serling: CBS Television via the Bureau of Industrial Service. During the 1950s and 1960s, television networks, program sponsors and studios often used either advertising or public relations agencies to distribute publicity materials. The Bureau was a divisio…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matilda Joslyn Gage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Carle: Fotopersbureau De Boer, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dylan Baker: John Harrison at https://www.flickr.com/photos/15512543@N04/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons