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Famous people · Salamanca
12 famous people were born in Salamanca, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Ray Evans, the American songwriter, is the most widely known, written about in 21 languages. Behind the leader come Mary Joseph Dempsey and Gordon Canfield. Athletes make up the largest group, 4 of them. Only 159 of the 1,300 towns in New York with anyone on record list more.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Ray Evans
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
Mary Joseph Dempsey
Youngest
1966
Robert DeLaurentis
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Salamanca
Ranked by languages covered: Ray Evans with 21, then Mary Joseph Dempsey with 8 and Gordon Canfield with 6.
#2Science & Medicine
Mary Joseph Dempsey
1856–1939American nurse and hospital administrator
8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Politics & Law
Gordon Canfield
1898–1972American lawyer and politician
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Salamanca’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawBusinessMusicScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Salamanca is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 4.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Salamanca
Another 9, 4 of them athletes.
Doctor Robert Crants
born 1944Co-founder and former CEO of the Corrections Corporation of America
BusinessWikipedia ↗
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Close by, the fullest list is Little Valley’s, at 2 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Salamanca 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)
- Mary Joseph Dempsey: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gordon Canfield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Culver: publisher: University of Chicago Library, photographer: unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons