#1Famous people · Erie
The 3 famous people born in Erie, led by Jaccob Slavin
Jaccob Slavin, the NHL ice hockey defenseman, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. Close behind are Chris Eggleston and Walt Clay. Next door, the list for Lafayette holds 3, Bob Beauprez first. Half or more of the towns in Colorado have no one on record, but this one has 0.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Jaccob Slavin
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1924
Walt Clay
Youngest
1994
Jaccob Slavin
Most common field
Sports
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Erie
The three are covered in 15, 2 and 1 languages: Jaccob Slavin, Chris Eggleston and Walt Clay.
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A chosen home
Also called Erie home
One more notable person made the town home: Trisha Ventker.
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The neighbour with the most names is Lafayette, at 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Erie 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)
- Jaccob Slavin: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Eggleston: Talladega87, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trisha Ventker: Trisha Ventker Morning277 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Beauprez: U.S. House of Reps., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Duffy: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons