#1Writing & Arts
Lee Miller
1907–1977American photographer and photojournalist
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Famous people · Poughkeepsie
Performers stand out among the 49 famous people born in Poughkeepsie
At the top of the list is the American photographer and photojournalist Lee Miller, covered in 52 languages. The largest group, 18, was born between 1920 and 1969. The earliest on the list is James Emott, born in 1771, and the youngest Shawn Christensen, born in 2000. Only 12 of the 1,278 towns in New York with anyone on record list more.
Born here
49
notable people
Best known
Lee Miller
in 52 Wikipedia languages
First
1771
James Emott
Youngest
2000
Shawn Christensen
Most common field
Sports
14 people
Also called it home
6
notable residents
What stands out about Poughkeepsie’s famous people
A town of performersAmong the 49 people born here, 11 are performers: 2.4 times the usual share.Known worldwideLee Miller is written about in 52 languages.Still making namesBirths since 1950 number 22, the most recent in 2000.A chosen home6 more notable people chose to live here, David Strathairn among them.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Poughkeepsie is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 2.4 times.
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 Poughkeepsie
Performers take two of the three places.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Tom Holland
born 1943American scriptwriter and director
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#3Through the years
When Poughkeepsie’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 7 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotableScience & MedicineMusicFaithMilitaryBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Poughkeepsie
The other 46 span the years 1771 to 2000.
Alfred Mosher Butts
1899–1993American designer and architect; creator of Scrabble
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Paul K. Benedict
1912–1997American anthropologist, mental health professional, and linguist
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No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Poughkeepsie home
6 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, David Strathairn the best known.
Ann Hardy
1933–2023American computer programmer, pioneer of computer time-sharing systems
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Fanny R. M. Hitchcock
1851–1936American chemist, vertebrate palaeontologist, biologist and philanthropist
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Hyde Park has the most on record: 12.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Poughkeepsie 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 (19)
- Lee Miller: U.S. Army Official Photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Holland: Flickr user NoHoDamon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Duke: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elisa Donovan: lukeford.net, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Denning: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Mosher Butts: University of Pennsylvania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sara Josephine Baker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shawn Christensen: Tankboy from Chicago, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin A. Gilman: Office of Congressman Benjamin Gilman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Brewer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Bolin: Employee of the Office of War Information, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Connell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Happy Rhodes: No machine-readable author provided. Xenussister assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Faust: Lubin Manufacturing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Strathairn: Montclair Film, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Roosevelt: Moses King, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Kirke Paulding: Portrait by A.S. Conrad., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Van Wyck: Francis H. Lyman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Ford Nichols: Samuel Hart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons