Famous people · Hyde Park
23 famous people were born within 35 miles of Hyde Park
Hannah Dreissigacker, born in Morrisville, 5 mi away, is the closest. Of the bordering towns, Morristown has the longest list: 5, with L. M. Shaw at the top. The best known of them is L. M. Shaw, with articles in 15 languages. No famous person’s birth in Hyde Park is on record yet.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
6 mi
L. M. Shaw
Best known
L. M. Shaw
in 15 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Hyde Park’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Hyde Park
They were born in 14 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Elmina M. Roys Gavitt
1828–1898American physician; medical journal founder, editor-in-chief
Elias Bellows Holmes
1807–1866U.S. Representative from New York
Helen Maria Winslow
1851–1938American novelist, poet, feminist editor, publisher, journalist
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hyde Park and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (18)
- L. M. Shaw: George Grantham Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harmon Northrop Morse: Schaefer & Sons, photographer; Louis P. Dieterick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carroll S. Page: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger L. Easton: National Inventors Hall of Fame, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Dutton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William P. Dillingham: William Paul Dillingham (1843-1923) in 1904.tif, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Burleigh F. Spalding: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee E. Emerson: Vermont Secretary of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anson D. Morse: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elle Anderson: Hoebele, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmina M. Roys Gavitt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Whitman Hendee: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Maria Winslow: Helen Maria Winslow, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Cale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wallace M. Greene: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Ripley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Plumley: Frederick T. Birchall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons