#1Writing & Arts
Ellen Sergeant Rude
1838–1916American writer, poet, temperance activist
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Famous people · Sodus
Sodus’ famous people span 159 years: 5 births from 1829 to 1988
With articles in 3 languages, Ellen Sergeant Rude is the most widely known. N. K. Fairbank and Greg Logins Jr follow. Per head, the list is long: 6.2 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9. The list’s best known name, Ellen Sergeant Rude, dates from 1838.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Ellen Sergeant Rude
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1829
N. K. Fairbank
Youngest
1988
Greg Logins Jr
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
What stands out about Sodus’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sodus’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1830s come out on top, with 1 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sodus
First, Ellen Sergeant Rude (3 languages), then N. K. Fairbank (3) and Greg Logins Jr (2).
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What Sodus is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
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2 more names, born between 1954 and 1961.
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Close by, Lyons counts 13 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sodus 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)
- Ellen Sergeant Rude: Photo by W. A. Cox (St. Augustine, Fla., 1891), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- N. K. Fairbank: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Symonds: United States Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- A. Cornelius Baker: HIV.gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Myron Charles Taylor: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arma Senkrah: Julius Cornelius Schaarwächter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth F. Ellet: Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 -- Author Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919 -- Collector, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons