Famous people · Hyde Park
15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Hyde Park
Closest of all is Hannah Dreissigacker, from Morrisville, 3 mi away. L. M. Shaw is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. Next door, Morristown lists 5, led by L. M. Shaw. So far, no famous person on record was born in Hyde Park.
Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
4 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 9 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Elias Bellows Holmes
1807–1866U.S. Representative from New York
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Morristown has the most people on record, 5 of them.
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 (8)
- L. M. Shaw: George Grantham Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harmon Northrop Morse: Schaefer & Sons, photographer; Louis P. Dieterick, 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
- George Whitman Hendee: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons