#1Famous people · Watkins Glen
From 1823 to 1979, Watkins Glen was the birthplace of 5 famous people
Articles in 6 languages make the American musician Willie Watson the best known. Second and third on the list are Samuel Arza Davenport and Herbert Slaught. Willie Watson was born in 1979. The biggest group are leaders: 2.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Willie Watson
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1823
John Busteed Ireland
Youngest
1979
Willie Watson
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Watkins Glen’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Watkins Glen’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Politics & LawMusicScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Watkins Glen
Counted by languages, Willie Watson is ahead of Samuel Arza Davenport and Herbert Slaught: 6, 4 and 3.
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What Watkins Glen is known for
Leaders 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 Watkins Glen
Still to come: 2 more, from 1823 to 1873.
John Busteed Ireland
1823–1913John Busteed Ireland was an American lawyer, writer, and landowner
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2 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Watkins Glen 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)
- Willie Watson: Joel Rhymer from Freedom, NH, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Arza Davenport: American Historical Society (New York, NY), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Slaught: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- P. Dean Warner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons