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Famous people · Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake counts 12 famous people, first among them Bill Demong
The best known is the American Nordic combined skier Bill Demong, with articles in 23 languages. Art Mollner and Hubert Miller follow. In the age of mills and railroads, 5 were born, the most of any period. From Edmund Lamy to Andrea Kilbourne, the births on the list run from 1891 to 1980.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Bill Demong
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1891
Edmund Lamy
Youngest
1980
Andrea Kilbourne
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
The best known
Born in Saranac Lake
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Saranac Lake’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableMilitaryWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Saranac Lake is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 4 people.
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 Saranac Lake
Here are 9 more, born from 1891 to 1980.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Saranac Lake home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Saranac Lake, though born elsewhere.
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Of the towns nearby, only North Elba has a name on its list.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Saranac Lake 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 (7)
- Art Mollner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hubert Miller: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Louis Eggers: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dylan Ratigan: Megan Robertson from New York, NY, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmund Lamy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Annelies Cook: Miceman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanda Brewster Sewell: Amanda Brewster Sewell - 1904, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons