#1Famous people · Sidney
5 famous people were born in Sidney from 1808 to 1945
At the top of the list is the united States Marine Corps general Evans Carlson, covered in 9 languages. Roswell P. Bishop is second and Clifford Crouch third. More than half were born in the early republic, 3 in all. Per head, the list is long: 12.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Evans Carlson
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1808
Jonas A. Hughston
Youngest
1945
Clifford Crouch
Most common field
Military
2 people
What stands out about Sidney’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sidney’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1890s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
MilitaryPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sidney
Three names lead: Evans Carlson (9 languages), Roswell P. Bishop (4) and Clifford Crouch (3).
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Known for
What Sidney is known for
The field with the most names is Military: 2.
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 Sidney
A further 2 follow, born between 1808 and 1833.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Bainbridge’s, at 5 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sidney 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 (5)
- Evans Carlson: USMC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roswell P. Bishop: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Jane Aldrich: slowking4, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jedediah Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg: Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons