No one born in Orangeburg has made the famous people list yet
Tappan’s list, next door, has 3 names, John Quidor first among them. The longest list of any town in New York belongs to New York City, with 99. After New York City, the next longest list in New York is Huntington’s, with 81. Famous people are on record for 1,283 of the towns in New York.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Orangeburg), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Orangeburg has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Orangeburg
Tappan leads the towns around it, with 3 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Orangeburg 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)
- John Collier Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Ferdon: Rev. David Cole, D.D., editor, J. B. Beers & Co., publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons