Photo: Lvklock · CC BY-SA 3.0No one from Venice is on the famous people list yet
Next door, the list for Scipio holds 7, James Strang first. 1,269 towns across New York can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in New York belongs to New York City, with 99. After New York City, the next longest list in New York is Huntington’s, with 81.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Venice), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Venice has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Venice
Of the towns around it, Scipio has the most on record: 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Venice 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)
- James Strang: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bascom: Book Author: Samuel Atkins Elliot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Jewett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lemuel Milk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons