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Famous people · Lincoln

From 1888 to 1988, Lincoln was the birthplace of 4 famous people

Articles in 19 languages make the American film and television character actor Fred Clark the best known. Evan Call, the American music arranger and composer, comes second, with Matilda Allison third. The list’s best known name, Fred Clark, dates from 1914. For every 10,000 residents the town has 0.8, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.

#1 best knownFred ClarkFilm, TV & Stage · 1914–1968
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Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Fred Clark
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Matilda Allison
Youngest
1988
Evan Call
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known

Born in Lincoln

The three are covered in 19, 9 and 3 languages: Fred Clark, Evan Call and Matilda Allison.

Fred Clark#1
Film, TV & Stage

Fred Clark

1914–1968

American film and television character actor

19 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
EC#2
Music

Evan Call

born 1988

American music arranger and composer

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Matilda Allison#3
Notable

Matilda Allison

1888–1973

American educator

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Lincoln’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 1.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Matilda AllisonFred Clark
Film, TV & StageMusicNotableSports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Lincoln is known for

The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 1.

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 Lincoln

1 more, best known first.

FB

Fred Besana

1931–2015

American baseball player

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Of the towns around it, Rocklin has the most on record: 4.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lincoln 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.

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