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7 famous people were born in Theresa

The best known is the American politician Roswell Pettibone Flower, with articles in 12 languages. From Roswell Pettibone Flower in 1835 to Crawford S. Holling in 1930, the births cover 95 years. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,291 towns in New York with famous people list more.

#1 best knownRoswell Pettibone FlowerPolitics & Law · 1835–1899
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7
notable people
Best known
Roswell Pettibone Flower
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Roswell Pettibone Flower
Youngest
1930
Crawford S. Holling
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people

What stands out about Theresa’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Theresa’s famous people were born

Count by decade and the 1840s come out on top, with 2 births.

A new nationMills & railroadsThe American century185019001950Charles B. ClarkCrawford S. Holling
Politics & LawSportsNotableWriting & Arts

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Theresa

Two of the three are leaders.

Roswell Pettibone Flower#1
Politics & Law

Roswell Pettibone Flower

1835–1899

American politician

12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Crawford S. Holling#2
Notable

Crawford S. Holling

1930–2019

Canadian ecologist

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Charles B. Clark#3
Politics & Law

Charles B. Clark

1844–1891

American politician, Wisconsin

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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What Theresa is known for

No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2 times.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

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Everyone else born in Theresa

4 more, 2 of them athletes.

JP

Jay Parker

1874–1935

American baseball player

RD

Roscoe Drummond

1902–1983

Political journalist

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Albert T. Morgan

Albert T. Morgan

1842–1922

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Theresa 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.

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