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Famous people · Wasco

Wasco is the birthplace of 5 famous people

Most widely known is Suzanne Lacy, the American artist, with articles in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Pablo Garza and Carl Smith. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 3 in all. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.

#3 best knownCarl SmithSports · born 1948
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Suzanne Lacy
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1945
Suzanne Lacy
Youngest
1983
Pablo Garza
Most common field
Sports
3 people

What stands out about Wasco’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Wasco’s famous people were born

The 1940s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.

The American centuryToday19502000
SportsWriting & Arts

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

The best known

Born in Wasco

The three are covered in 8, 4 and 3 languages: Suzanne Lacy, Pablo Garza and Carl Smith.

SL#1
Writing & Arts

Suzanne Lacy

born 1945

American artist

8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
PG#2
Writing & Arts

Pablo Garza

born 1983

American martial artist

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Carl Smith#3
Sports

Carl Smith

born 1948

American football coach

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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What Wasco is known for

Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.7 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

Everyone else born in Wasco

The other 2 span the years 1946 to 1977.

DT

Dan Thiessen

1946–2014

American football coach

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wasco 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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