#1Famous people · Otsego
4 famous people call Otsego their birthplace
Articles in 4 languages make the American politician George Van Horn the best known. Second and third on the list are Jane Lippitt Patterson and Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins. George Van Horn, born in 1850, is the youngest, and Daniel DeWitt Tompkins Davie, born in 1816, the first on record. The list comes to 11 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical town in New York.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
George Van Horn
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1816
Daniel DeWitt Tompkins Davie
Youngest
1850
George Van Horn
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Otsego
Languages with an article: 4 for George Van Horn, 3 for Jane Lippitt Patterson, 3 for Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins.
#1#2Writing & Arts
Jane Lippitt Patterson
1829–1919American writer, editor
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Faith
Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins
1824–1905American social reformer, Universalist minister, editor, author
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Otsego’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1820s than in any other decade: 2.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Otsego is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Otsego 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 (8)
- George Van Horn: Thomas William Herringshaw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Lippitt Patterson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel DeWitt Tompkins Davie: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore M. Davis: Mahmoudmzff, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Bissell: various authors for the various articles, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Orville Robinson: John C. Churchill, editor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Caryl Ely: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons