#1Famous people · Rochester
Rochester is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 6 languages make the American baseball player Ginger Beaumont the best known. The only other name is the American lawyer and judge Ellsworth Burnett Belden. The nearest list is next door in Burlington: 12 names, starting with Bill Kazmaier. From Ellsworth Burnett Belden to Ginger Beaumont, the births on the list run from 1866 to 1876.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Ginger Beaumont
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
Ellsworth Burnett Belden
Youngest
1876
Ginger Beaumont
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Rochester
#1#2Politics & Law
Ellsworth Burnett Belden
1866–1939American lawyer and judge
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rochester 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 (5)
- Ginger Beaumont: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellsworth Burnett Belden: J. H. Beers & Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Kazmaier: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry A. Cooper: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Edmund Fries: Carroll College, Wisconsin (now Carroll University), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons