#1Writing & Arts
Augusta Foote Arnold
1844–1904American naturalist and author
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Famous people · Seneca Falls
From 1829 to 1962, Seneca Falls was the birthplace of 12 famous people
At the top of the list is the American naturalist and author Augusta Foote Arnold, covered in 7 languages. Close behind are Ezra Sutton and James Orton. Augusta Foote Arnold, the best known, was born in 1844. Per head, the list is long: 13.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Augusta Foote Arnold
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1829
Elisha Marshall
Youngest
1962
Brad Mitchell
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Seneca Falls
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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#3Through the years
When Seneca Falls’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1890s come out on top, with 3 births.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawSportsBusinessMilitaryMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Seneca Falls is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 2.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Seneca Falls
The rest number 9, with 3 leaders among them.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 6 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Seneca Falls 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 (12)
- Augusta Foote Arnold: Marble City Press, The Tuttle Company, Publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ezra Sutton: Howland - Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Orton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Judd Gould: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Dickinson: Zayden Finn, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John F.W. Rogers: Series: Reagan White House Photographs, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989 Collection: White House Photographic Collection, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elisha Marshall: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Blanchard Bethune: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Seldon Duncanson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore M. Pomeroy: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses Wisner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Sackett: George Baker Anderson, editor. Boston Publishing Company (Boston, MA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons