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Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Albany
Albany has one famous person on record
The American sportswriter Sy Sanborn was born in 1866. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. Roger L. Easton leads the 4 names listed next door in Craftsbury.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Sy Sanborn
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
Sy Sanborn
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Albany
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Craftsbury has the longest list next door: 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Albany 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)
- Roger L. Easton: National Inventors Hall of Fame, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Plumley: Frederick T. Birchall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore Robinson: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Ripley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons