#1Famous people · Williamsville
Of the 16 famous people born in Williamsville, an unusual share are athletes
The best known is the American ice hockey player Hayley Scamurra, with articles in 9 languages. The next two names are Sameera Fazili and Alexandra Sahlen. 9 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Over 186 years of births, the list goes from Nelson K. Hopkins (1816) to Joe Mack (2002).
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Hayley Scamurra
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1816
Nelson K. Hopkins
Youngest
2002
Joe Mack
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Williamsville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Williamsville’s famous people were born
The 1990s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawBusinessWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Williamsville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Williamsville
Languages with an article: 9 for Hayley Scamurra, 8 for Sameera Fazili, 7 for Alexandra Sahlen.
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Sameera Fazili
American business executive and government official
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Williamsville
Still to come: 13 more, from 1816 to 2002.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Williamsville 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 (10)
- Hayley Scamurra: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sameera Fazili: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandra Sahlen: Harvardton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Poturalski: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Farkas: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Schneider: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles F. Bishop: Chuck LaChiusa, [email protected], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles V. Fornes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Licata: Chad Cooper on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Gronkowski: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons