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Notable Births & Deaths for Cortland ...
Below is our list of notable people who were born, died or were buried in the area surrounding Cortland. Please note that while we are collecting data on an ongoing basis, it's a big task and it's unlikely that our list will ever be more than a sample.
- A.R. Ammons
- Full name: Archie Randolph Ammons
- Poet. He was born in Whiteville (NC) on February 26, 1926 (a Friday) and died in Ithaca (NY) on February 26, 2001 (a Monday) at the age of 75. He is buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Tompkins County, New York).
- Ithaca is located 19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest of Cortland.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: A.R. Ammons<1>
- Francis Bicknell Carpenter
- John Edgar Clapp
- Major League Baseball. He was born in Ithaca (NY) on July 15, 1851 (a Tueday) and died in Ithaca (NY) on December 18, 1904 (a Sunday) at the age of 53. He is buried at Lake View Cemetery (Tompkins County, New York).
- Ithaca is located 19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest of Cortland.
- Ithaca is located 19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest of Cortland.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: John Edgar Clapp<1>
- Peter Joseph Wilhelm Debye
- Nobel laureate, chemist, physicist. He was born in Maastricht (Netherlands) on March 24, 1884 (a Monday) and died in Ithaca (NY) on November 2, 1996 (a Saturday) at the age of 112. He is buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Tompkins County, New York).
- Ithaca is located 19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest of Cortland.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: Peter Joseph Wilhelm Debye<1>
- Millard Fillmore
- 13th President of the US (1850 - 1853). He was born in Summer Hill (NY) on January 7, 1800 (a Tueday) and died in Buffalo (NY) on March 8, 1874 (a Sunday) at the age of 74. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Erie County, New York).
- Summer Hill is located 7 miles [11.3 km] to the west of Cortland.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: Millard Fillmore<1>
- Herbert Franklin
- Full name: Herbert Henry Franklin
- Automotive pioneer, inventor, businessman. He was born in Lisle (NY) on September 1, 1866 (a Saturday) and died in Syracuse (NY) on July 7, 1956 (a Saturday) at the age of 89. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery (Onondaga County, New York).
- Lisle is located 19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast of Cortland.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: Herbert Franklin<1>
- Thomas Gold
- Astronomer, geoscientist. He was born in Vienna (Austria) on May 22, 1920 (a Saturday) and died in Ithaca (NY) on June 22, 2004 (a Tueday) at the age of 84. He is buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Tompkins County, New York).
- Ithaca is located 19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest of Cortland.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: Thomas Gold<1>
- Frederick L. 'Fred' Ketchum
- John Joseph McGraw
- Lewis Henry Morgan
- Pioneering anthopologist and considered the father of ethnology. He was born in Aurora (NY) on November 21, 1818 (a Saturday) and died in Rochester (NY) on December 17, 1881 (a Saturday) at the age of 63. He is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery (Monroe County, New York).
- Aurora is located 28 miles [45.1 km] to the west of Cortland.
- Find-A-Grave Memorial: Lewis Henry Morgan<1>
- Frederick Daniel Scott
- Elmer Ambrose Sperry
- Steve Suhey
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cortland: www.cortland.org/ The official website for Cortland County: www.cortland-co.org/ The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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