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Famous people · Sherburne

10 famous people from Sherburne, many of them scientists and doctors

Articles in 16 languages make the American astronomer and scientist Hubert Anson Newton the best known. William Pitt Lynde is second and Charles McNeill Gray third. In the early republic, 9 were born, the most of any period. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,279 towns in New York with famous people list more.

#1 best knownHubert Anson NewtonScience & Medicine · 1830–1896
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Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Hubert Anson Newton
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1799
John Hiram Lathrop
Youngest
1887
Lee Saunders Crandall
Most common field
Science & Medicine
6 people

What stands out about Sherburne’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Sherburne is known for

No other field is as far above the usual share as scientists and doctors, at 10.1 times.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Through the years

When Sherburne’s famous people were born

The 1810s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.

A new nationMills & railroads180018501900William Pitt LyndeHubert Anson Newton
Science & MedicinePolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Sherburne

Leaders take two of the three places.

Hubert Anson Newton#1
Science & Medicine

Hubert Anson Newton

1830–1896

American astronomer and scientist

16 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
William Pitt Lynde#2
Politics & Law

William Pitt Lynde

1817–1885

American politician

7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Charles McNeill Gray#3
Politics & Law

Charles McNeill Gray

1807–1885

American politician

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Sherburne

The other 7 span the years 1799 to 1887.

Alida Avery

Alida Avery

1833–1908

American physician and suffragist

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
George Ripley Bliss

George Ripley Bliss

1816–1893

American academic administrator

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
JL

John Hiram Lathrop

1799–1866

American academic administrator

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
LC

Lee Saunders Crandall

1887–1969

American ornithologist

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
JB

John Brisbin

1818–1880

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
JG

John Franklin Gray

1804–1881

American physician

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sherburne 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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