#1Famous people · Wray
6 famous people call Wray their birthplace
The best known is the American football player Bill Jessup, with articles in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Daniel J. Sullivan and Don Putman. 6 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Born in 1922, Don Putman is the first name on record, and Dale Urbigkit, born in 1952, the most recent.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Bill Jessup
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1922
Don Putman
Youngest
1952
Dale Urbigkit
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Wray
Bill Jessup has articles in 6 languages, Daniel J. Sullivan in 5 and Don Putman in 4.
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#3Through the years
When Wray’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 2.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Wray is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.4 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wray 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 (2)
- Bill Jessup: Unidentified (El Rodeo is the USC yearbook published by Associated Students of USC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Putman: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons