#1Famous people · Yonkers
40 famous people were born in Yonkers, more of them musicians than in most towns
Jon Voight, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 101 languages. Close behind are Carlos Alazraqui and Antony Blinken. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 26 of them. The earliest on the list is Howard Talbot, born in 1865, and the youngest Sean Kilpatrick, born in 1990.
Born here
40
notable people
Best known
Jon Voight
in 101 Wikipedia languages
First
1865
Howard Talbot
Youngest
1990
Sean Kilpatrick
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
9 people
What stands out about Yonkers’ famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Yonkers
Jon Voight, Carlos Alazraqui and Antony Blinken are written about in 101, 88 and 85 languages.
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#3Politics & Law
Antony Blinken
born 1962American lawyer and diplomat (born 1962) and former United States Secretary of State
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Known for
What Yonkers is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is musicians, at 2.7 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 Yonkers’s famous people were born
The 1920s top the chart, with 9 births in the decade.
Film, TV & StageSportsWriting & ArtsMusicPolitics & LawScience & MedicineNotableBusinessFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Yonkers
37 more, best known first.
James Comey
born 1960American lawyer and 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Bobby Hackett
born 1959American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
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Of the towns nearby, New York City lists the most people: 99.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yonkers 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 (14)
- Jon Voight: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlos Alazraqui: Tastes like lead, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antony Blinken: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Howard Northrop: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Comey: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Blake: José Goulão, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Elsa Dorfman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sid Caesar: News service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lana Del Rey: Mike Monaghan from Seattle, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis M. Ritchie: Denise Panyik-Dale, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow: Jose Mercado / Stanford News Service, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carlotta Joaquina Maury: Lois Arnold (2009), The Education and Career of Carlotta J. Maury: Part 1., Earth Sciences History 28.2 (2009): 219-244, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Lamb: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Moynihan: jjharpsip, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons