#14 famous people were born in Silver Creek
Articles in 4 languages make the American baseball player Howard Ehmke the best known. Alice Lee Jemison and G. Peter Jemison follow. For every 10,000 residents there are 15.4 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9. Over 73 years of births, the list goes from Howard Ehmke (1894) to George Borrello (1967).
Born in Silver Creek
Howard Ehmke, Alice Lee Jemison and G. Peter Jemison are written about in 4, 2 and 1 languages.
#1Alice Lee Jemison
1901–1964Seneca political activist and journalist
#3When Silver Creek’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 1 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Silver Creek is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Silver Creek
1 more, best known first.

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Famous people from the towns next door
2 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Silver Creek 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 (4)
- Howard Ehmke: The original uploader was Cbl62 at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G. Peter Jemison: usbotschaftberlin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Borrello: NY Senate Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Reed: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
