#1Famous people · Columbia
4 famous people were born in Columbia from 1862 to 1990
Articles in 7 languages make the Catholic bishop Peter Muldoon the best known. Second place goes to the baseball player Drew Gagnon, third to Red Kress. Athletes make up the largest group, 2 of them. Peter Muldoon, the best known, was born in 1862.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Peter Muldoon
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
Peter Muldoon
Youngest
1990
Drew Gagnon
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Columbia
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Columbia’s famous people were born
The 1860s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Columbia is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 Columbia
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Columbia 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 (3)
- Peter Muldoon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Gagnon: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Kress: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons