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ALBANY
Most Famous People Born in Albany, United States
- Notable people
- 625
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1923
- Most distinctive
- Baseball 4.8×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Albany during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Albany Is Known For
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Politician is Albany's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (81).
Albany over-indexes on baseball — 4.8× the global rate.
Albany under-produces painter — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Albany's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1880s Clear ×
Wallingford Riegger
1885 - 1961
William L. Dawson (politician)
1886 - 1970
Edwin J. Burke
1889 - 1944
Florence Auer
1880 - 1962
Benjamin Boss
1880 - 1970
Sam C. Ford
1882 - 1961
Winifred Goldring
1888 - 1971
Alice Morgan Wright
1881 - 1975
Homer Eon Flint
1888 - 1924
Edwin Corning
1883 - 1934
Charles Harvey Brown
1882 - 1960
Wallace Eddinger
1881 - 1929
W. Lair Thompson
1880 - 1940
Harry Heitmann
1886 - 1958
Matty Fitzgerald
1880 - 1949
Jimmy Esmond
1889 - 1948
Al Burch
1883 - 1926
Jesse N. Funk
1888 - 1933
Bill Kellogg
1884 - 1971
John H. Hester
1886 - 1976
Edward Bowditch
1881 - 1965
Ed McDonald (baseball)
1886 - 1946
Georgia Rooks Dwelle
1884 - 1977
Joseph Raymond Jackson
1880 - 1969
Ambrose O'Connell
1881 - 1962
Lemuel Whittington Gorham
1885 - 1968