#1Politics & Law
Mike Thompson
born 1951U.S. Representative from California
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Famous people · St. Helena
8 famous people were born in St. Helena, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Mike Thompson leads the list, covered in 20 languages. The next two names are Terry Lee Erwin and Don Mossi. Over 44 years of births, the list goes from Al Nichelini (1909) to Louie Giammona (1953). The biggest group are athletes: 4.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Mike Thompson
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Al Nichelini
Youngest
1953
Louie Giammona
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in St. Helena
Mike Thompson has articles in 20 languages, Terry Lee Erwin in 9 and Don Mossi in 4.
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#3Through the years
When St. Helena’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What St. Helena 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.
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Everyone else born in St. Helena
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Helena 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 (5)
- Mike Thompson: U.S. House Office of Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Mossi: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank K. Richardson: California State Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Belardi: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Mastick: Federal Government of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons