LB#1
Writing & Arts
Leonard Bacon
1887–1954American poet, translator, and literary critic
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Famous people · Solvay
3 famous people were born in Solvay
Leonard Bacon leads the list, covered in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Richard Jay-Alexander and James Franklin Hyde. The earliest on the list is Leonard Bacon, born in 1887, and the youngest Richard Jay-Alexander, born in 1953. The list comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in New York, at 3.9.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Leonard Bacon
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Leonard Bacon
Youngest
1953
Richard Jay-Alexander
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Solvay
First, Leonard Bacon (8 languages), then Richard Jay-Alexander (3) and James Franklin Hyde (2).
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What Solvay is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Solvay 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)
- Richard Jay-Alexander: Aj1930, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kinsley S. Bingham: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Truesdell: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert E. Salisbury: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons