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Famous people · Watervliet
Leaders stand out among the 9 famous people born in Watervliet
The best known is the American football player Butch Byrd, with articles in 4 languages. Per head, the list is long: 8.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9. The first birth on record is Elijah Steele’s, in 1817, and the last Butch Byrd’s, in 1941. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,287 towns in New York with famous people list more.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Butch Byrd
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1817
Elijah Steele
Youngest
1941
Butch Byrd
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Watervliet’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Watervliet is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Watervliet’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1820s, at 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Watervliet
Butch Byrd leads with articles in 4 languages, ahead of Elijah Steele (4) and George May Phelps (4).
#2
#3Science & Medicine
George May Phelps
1820–1888American inventor of automated telegraphy devices
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Everyone else born in Watervliet
The rest number 6, with 3 leaders among them.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Troy has the longest list next door: 35.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Watervliet 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 (5)
- Elijah Steele: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George May Phelps: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac J. Lansing: Artist unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter J. Dalessandro: Abbie Rowe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- N. D. Fratt: Fanny S. Stone, ed., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons