#1Ellen Sergeant Rude
1838–1916American writer, poet, temperance activist
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Ellen Sergeant Rude leads the list, covered in 3 languages. The American businessman N. K. Fairbank ranks second, ahead of Greg Logins Jr. The list’s best known name, Ellen Sergeant Rude, dates from 1838. In all of New York, the famous people on record come from 1,268 towns.
The 1830s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Ranked by languages covered: Ellen Sergeant Rude with 3, then N. K. Fairbank with 3 and Greg Logins Jr with 2.
#1American writer, poet, temperance activist
#2The 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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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.