#1Famous people · West Seneca
6 famous people were born in West Seneca, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the American ice hockey player Lee Stempniak, with articles in 13 languages. 5 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. From Justin Strzelczyk to Shaun Dolac, the births on the list run from 1968 to 2001. For its size the list is short: 1.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical New York town.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Lee Stempniak
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1968
Justin Strzelczyk
Youngest
2001
Shaun Dolac
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about West Seneca’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When West Seneca’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in West Seneca
The three best known are all athletes.
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Everyone else born in West Seneca
The other 3 span the years 1968 to 2001.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Buffalo counts 28 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Seneca 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)
- Lee Stempniak: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Mueller: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Kelley: Laslovarga, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Hollerith: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Holmes: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons