#1Famous people · Holtville
4 famous people come from Holtville, Daniel Everett the best known
Daniel Everett, the American linguist, is the most widely known, written about in 22 languages. Second and third on the list are George Brown and J. Robert Schaetzel. For every 10,000 residents the town has 7.1, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there. Born in 1916, William Perry Copple is the first name on record, and Daniel Everett, born in 1951, the most recent.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Daniel Everett
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
William Perry Copple
Youngest
1951
Daniel Everett
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Holtville
Daniel Everett, George Brown and J. Robert Schaetzel are written about in 22, 8 and 2 languages.
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Through the years
When Holtville’s famous people were born
The 1910s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Holtville is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3.6 times as common.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Holtville 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)
- Daniel Everett: Xiabikabikabi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons