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Writing & Arts
Walter De Maria
1935–2013American painter and sculptor
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Famous people · Albany
9 famous people were born in Albany, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Walter De Maria, the American painter and sculptor, is the most widely known, written about in 24 languages. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.6, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there. The biggest group are athletes: 4. Over 55 years of births, the list goes from Walter De Maria (1935) to Lil Debbie (1990).
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Walter De Maria
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
Walter De Maria
Youngest
1990
Lil Debbie
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Albany
Three names lead: Walter De Maria (24 languages), T. J. Cloutier (11) and Angel Tompkins (10).
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#3Through the years
When Albany’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Albany is known for
4 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Albany
6 more, 3 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Albany home
One more notable person made the town home: William Francis Ganong Jr..
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The best known from each town bordering Albany.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Albany 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 (6)
- T. J. Cloutier: Matt Waldron, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angel Tompkins: Wolper Pictures Ltd. / Universal Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lil Debbie: Eli Watson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Whaley: Jack de Nijs for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Jobs: MetalGearLiquid, based on File:Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg made by Matt Yohe, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Allman: Karora, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons