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Famous people · Yreka
Yreka’s famous people span 129 years: 5 births from 1856 to 1985
Erik Bennett, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The united States federal judge Edward Silsby Farrington ranks second, ahead of Marco Grifantini. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 3 in all. The list’s best known name, Erik Bennett, dates from 1968.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Erik Bennett
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
Edward Silsby Farrington
Youngest
1985
Marco Grifantini
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Yreka’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Yreka’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Yreka
Erik Bennett, Edward Silsby Farrington and Marco Grifantini are written about in 3, 2 and 2 languages.
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Politics & Law
Edward Silsby Farrington
1856–1929United States federal judge
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Known for
What Yreka is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.7 times.
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Everyone else born in Yreka
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yreka 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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- Rod Diridon, Sr.: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons