#16 famous people call Dunsmuir their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American sportsman Harold Muller, covered in 14 languages. 4 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all. Over 43 years of births, the list goes from Harold Muller (1901) to Nick Eddy (1944).
Born in Dunsmuir
Languages with an article: 14 for Harold Muller, 6 for John Zenda, 6 for Robert Williams.
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#3Robert Williams
born 1940American astronomer (b.1940)
When Dunsmuir’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Dunsmuir is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Dunsmuir
Another 3, 2 of them athletes.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dunsmuir 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)
- Harold Muller: Underwood & Underwood - Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Williams: NOIRLab/AURA/NSF, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Coleman: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons