#1Famous people · Phelps
Hiram Berdan tops a list of 7 famous people born in Phelps
Hiram Berdan, the union Army general, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. The largest group, 5, was born in the early republic. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.6 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9. Leaders make up the largest group, 2 of them.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Hiram Berdan
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1818
Sarah Granger Kimball
Youngest
1913
Paul D. MacLean
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Phelps’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Phelps’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1820s, with 3 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawMilitaryScience & MedicineBusinessSportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Phelps
Hiram Berdan leads with articles in 14 languages, ahead of Paul D. MacLean (14) and Charles C. Stevenson (8).
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What Phelps is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Phelps
The other 4 span the years 1818 to 1895.
Charles G. Conn
1844–1931American entrepreneur, band instrument manufacturer, and U.S. Representative from Indiana
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Phelps 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 (10)
- Hiram Berdan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul D. MacLean: Edward A. Hubbard, National Institute of Health, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles C. Stevenson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles G. Conn: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Granger Kimball: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Travie McCoy: MPerdomo at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Myron Charles Taylor: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Ann Angell: artist unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edyth Walker: Josef Székely, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma L. Shaw: Literary Century, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons