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Roosevelt Post Office, Roosevelt, Long Island, New York May 31, 2022Photo: AITFFan1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people · Roosevelt

No one born in Roosevelt has made the famous people list yet

Next door, the list for Freeport holds 24, Medea Benjamin first. 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. The New York lists hold names for 1,266 towns.

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Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Roosevelt), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Roosevelt has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.

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Famous people born near Roosevelt

Close by, the fullest list is Freeport’s, at 24 names.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Roosevelt 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.

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