38 famous people were born in Nyack, more of them writers and artists than in most towns

The best known is the American realist painter and printmaker Edward Hopper, with articles in 60 languages. The earliest on the list is Ida A. Johnson, born in 1850, and the youngest Matt Hennessy, born in 1997. 17 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Per head, the list is long: 51.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9.