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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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Marion Zimmer Bradley
1930 - 1999
Charles Fort
1874 - 1932
William Kennedy (author)
Born 1928
Gregory Maguire
Born 1954
Luke Rhinehart
1932 - 2020
Jan Kerouac
1952 - 1996
Shane Jones (author)
Born 1980
Dorothy P. Lathrop
1891 - 1980
Paul Edwin Zimmer
1943 - 1997
Jon Bogdanove
Born 1958
Joseph F. Girzone
1930 - 2015
Charles King (general)
1844 - 1933
Louis Slobodkin
1903 - 1975
Gordon Ackerman
Born 1931
Frederick Townsend Martin
1849 - 1914
Paul Fenimore Cooper
1899 - 1970
Jessica Treadway
Born 1961
J.D. Kleinke
Born 1962
Stacey Bess
Born 1956
Robert J. Rubel
Born 1944
Louis Judson Swinburne
1855 - 1887