#1Famous people · York
Leaders stand out among the 9 famous people born in York
At the top of the list is the American politician Lyman R. Casey, covered in 10 languages. In the early republic, 7 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 28.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical town in New York. The first birth on record is Annie D. Fraser Tallent’s, in 1822, and the last Connor Knapp’s, in 1990.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Lyman R. Casey
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1822
Annie D. Fraser Tallent
Youngest
1990
Connor Knapp
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
What stands out about York’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What York is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.7 times as common.
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 York’s famous people were born
The 1840s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in York
Two of the three are leaders.
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Everyone else born in York
Still to come: 6 more, from 1822 to 1990.
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Around it, Geneseo has the most people on record, 16 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is York 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 (8)
- Lyman R. Casey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clinton B. Fisk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Laird: U.S. Government printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Connor Knapp: m_kania, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornelius R. Parsons: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Angus Cameron: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Baruch Winans: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory Reinhart: RudyMin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons