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Famous people · Clayton
Kara Kohler tops a list of 5 famous people born in Clayton
Most widely known is Kara Kohler, the American rower, with articles in 14 languages. Bob Jones and Clarence Erwin McClung follow. Born in 1870, Clarence Erwin McClung is the first name on record, and Kaylie Collins, born in 1998, the most recent. 2 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Kara Kohler
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
Clarence Erwin McClung
Youngest
1998
Kaylie Collins
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Clayton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Clayton’s famous people were born
The 1990s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Clayton
Two of the three are athletes.
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What Clayton is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Clayton
Still to come: 2 more, from 1923 to 1998.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clayton 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)
- Clarence Erwin McClung: https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datoteka:Clarence_McClung.png, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Hanks: Eva Rinaldi from Abbotsford, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons