#1Famous people · Otisco
Otisco is the birthplace of 4 famous people
At the top of the list is the American editor Lewis Gaylord Clark, covered in 6 languages. Roy Walter Riehlman is second and Willis Gaylord Clark third. From Lewis Gaylord Clark to Roy Walter Riehlman, the births on the list run from 1808 to 1899. For every 10,000 residents there are 15.7 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Lewis Gaylord Clark
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1808
Lewis Gaylord Clark
Youngest
1899
Roy Walter Riehlman
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Otisco
By how many languages cover them, Lewis Gaylord Clark comes first (6), then Roy Walter Riehlman (5) and Willis Gaylord Clark (5).
#1#2#3Through the years
When Otisco’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1800s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Otisco is known for
2 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Otisco
1 more, best known first.
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Around it, Tully has the most people on record, 4 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Otisco 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 (7)
- Lewis Gaylord Clark: Engraving by John Cheney after a portrait by Charles Loring Elliott, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Walter Riehlman: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willis Gaylord Clark: John Sartain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. Cowles: D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Irving Gill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Augustine Knapp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- T. B. Terry: Theodore Brainard Terry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons