12 famous people were born in Salamanca, most of them between 1920 and 1969

Most widely known is Ray Evans, the American songwriter, with articles in 21 languages. Second place goes to the American nurse and hospital administrator Mary Joseph Dempsey, third to Gordon Canfield. Born in 1856, Mary Joseph Dempsey is the first name on record, and Robert DeLaurentis, born in 1966, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents there are 20.5 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9.