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Famous people · Tuxedo Park
6 famous people call Tuxedo Park their birthplace
The best known is the sailor and investment banker Alfred Loomis, with articles in 11 languages. Second place goes to the American interior designer Dorothy Draper, third to Carl Jerrold Peterson. In the age of mills and railroads, 5 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is Dorothy Draper, born in 1889, and the youngest Carl Jerrold Peterson, born in 1936.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Alfred Loomis
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
Dorothy Draper
Youngest
1936
Carl Jerrold Peterson
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
The best known
Born in Tuxedo Park
Languages with an article: 11 for Alfred Loomis, 11 for Dorothy Draper, 2 for Carl Jerrold Peterson.
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Military
Carl Jerrold Peterson
1936–1969Posthumous Bronze Star Recipient, Namesake of a Destroyer
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Through the years
When Tuxedo Park’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 2.
SportsMilitaryWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Tuxedo Park is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
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 Tuxedo Park
Here are 3 more, born from 1896 to 1913.
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A chosen home
Also called Tuxedo Park home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Tuxedo Park, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tuxedo Park 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)
- Dorothy Draper: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper staff photographer: Edward Lynch, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Percy Rivington Pyne Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierpont Morgan Hamilton: Billmckern, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Grafton Mortimer II: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Shore: Sam Santos, Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Typhoid Mary: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons