#1Famous people · Somers
Somers’ famous people span 198 years: 4 births from 1794 to 1992
At the top of the list is the American soccer player Brian Span, covered in 11 languages. Second and third on the list are Andrew Mittendorf and Elias Cornelius. For its size the list is short: 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical New York town. Brian Span was born in 1992.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Brian Span
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1794
Elias Cornelius
Youngest
1992
Brian Span
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Somers
Brian Span has articles in 11 languages, Andrew Mittendorf in 3 and Elias Cornelius in 2.
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#3Through the years
When Somers’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 1.
SportsFaithBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Somers is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 Somers
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Carmel has the longest list next door: 16.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Somers 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 (6)
- Brian Span: IA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elias Cornelius: credited to James B. Longacre from a paiting by Metcalfe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elias Cornelius Benedict: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Kelly: Bryan Horowitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- R. Jay Walsh: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses Quinby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons