#1Film, TV & Stage
Kara DioGuardi
born 1970American music producer, composer and pop singer
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Famous people · Ossining
Of the 20 famous people born in Ossining, an unusual share are writers and artists
Kara DioGuardi leads the list, covered in 27 languages. Second and third on the list are Jesse Lee Soffer and Alex Nicol. The earliest on the list is Isaac C. Smith, born in 1797, and the youngest Saniya Chong, born in 1994. 5 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Kara DioGuardi
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1797
Isaac C. Smith
Youngest
1994
Saniya Chong
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Ossining’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Ossining is known for
Ossining has 2.7× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Ossining
All three are performers.
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Alex Nicol
1916–2001Actor, film and television director
12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Ossining’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1970s, with 2 births.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & MedicineSportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ossining
Of the other 17, 4 are leaders.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Ossining home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 3 in all, led by Maurice Karnaugh.
Ann Hardy
1933–2023American computer programmer, pioneer of computer time-sharing systems
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Close by, Briarcliff Manor counts 5 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ossining 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 (11)
- Kara DioGuardi: karadioguardi.com., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Nicol: Alex Nicol (director), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ingersoll Lockwood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Robert Brown: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saniya Chong: Danny Karwoski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike da Fonte: Elomen76, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Loeb: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry James: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Premik Russell Tubbs: Margetoile, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melissa Gonzalez: fourthandfifteen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses Quinby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons