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William Jay Gaynor
1848–1913American politician; Mayor of New York City from 1910 to 1913
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Famous people · Oriskany
Oriskany counts 3 famous people, first among them William Jay Gaynor
With articles in 12 languages, William Jay Gaynor is the most widely known. J.H. McLaughlin and Tom Carroll follow. Born in 1844, J.H. McLaughlin is the first name on record, and Tom Carroll, born in 1952, the most recent. Across New York, 1,278 towns list someone born there.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
William Jay Gaynor
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1844
J.H. McLaughlin
Youngest
1952
Tom Carroll
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Oriskany
William Jay Gaynor has articles in 12 languages, J.H. McLaughlin in 3 and Tom Carroll in 3.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oriskany 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)
- William Jay Gaynor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J.H. McLaughlin: Lindner, Eddy & Claus / Allen & Ginter, CC0, Wikimedia Commons