#1Famous people · Pittsford
Of the 9 famous people born in Pittsford, an unusual share are leaders
Most widely known is Magnus Sheffield, the American cyclist, with articles in 16 languages. The largest group, 4, was born in the early republic. The list comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in New York, at 3.9. Over 183 years of births, the list goes from Burton C. Cook (1819) to Magnus Sheffield (2002).
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Magnus Sheffield
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1819
Burton C. Cook
Youngest
2002
Magnus Sheffield
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Pittsford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Pittsford is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.1 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Pittsford’s famous people were born
The 2000s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSportsBusinessWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Pittsford
Leaders take two of the three places.
#1
#2
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Pittsford
Another 6, 2 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Pittsford home
3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, C. R. Hagen the best known.
The town’s pick
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Henrietta’s, at 3 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pittsford 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 (9)
- Magnus Sheffield: Joost Pauwels, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burton C. Cook: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rousseau Owen Crump: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paige Conners: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aneel Bhusri: Loic Le Meur from France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William B. Williams: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. R. Hagen: self, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Therese Friel: TV Magazine, Anderson Independent / Daily Mail, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoinette Brown Blackwell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons