Lake Mohonk Mountain House Complex · Photo: Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Next door to Rochester, Marbletown lists 6 famous people
Not one famous person on record comes from Rochester yet. No town in New York lists more than New York City, with 99. Huntington has the second-longest list in New York, after New York City, with 81. In New York, 1,292 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Rochester), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Rochester has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Rochester
Of the towns nearby, Marbletown lists the most people: 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rochester 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 (3)
- Leona Helmsley: United States Marshals Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simeon De Witt: Ezra Ames, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Deyo: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons