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Science & Medicine
Adele Gerard Lewis Grant
1881–1969American botanist
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Famous people · Carpinteria
3 famous people call Carpinteria their birthplace
The best known is the American botanist Adele Gerard Lewis Grant, with articles in 5 languages. The next two names are Dawn Cerny and Heather Olmstead. From Adele Gerard Lewis Grant in 1881 to Dawn Cerny in 1979, the births cover 98 years. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.3, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Adele Gerard Lewis Grant
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Adele Gerard Lewis Grant
Youngest
1979
Dawn Cerny
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Carpinteria
Languages with an article: 5 for Adele Gerard Lewis Grant, 1 for Dawn Cerny, 1 for Heather Olmstead.
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What Carpinteria is known for
1 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.
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A chosen home
Also called Carpinteria home
Born elsewhere, Alan Thicke lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carpinteria 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 (2)
- Dawn Cerny: Nancy Draw, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Thicke: Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons