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Dana White
born 1969American businessman and president of UFC
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Famous people · Manchester
52 famous people were born in Manchester, more of them business people than in most towns
Articles in 43 languages make the American businessman and president of UFC Dana White the best known. 23 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 13 of the names. Ward Cheney, born in 1813, is the earliest name and Tim Cate, born in 1997, the latest.
Born here
52
notable people
Best known
Dana White
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1813
Ward Cheney
Youngest
1997
Tim Cate
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Manchester’s famous people
A town of business peopleBusiness people make up 5 of the 52, 3.7 times the usual share.Known worldwideDana White has a Wikipedia article in 43 languages.Still making namesSince 1950, 23 of them have been born here, the latest in 1997.52 notable peopleWith 52 notable people, the list is longer than most towns’.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Manchester is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as business people, at 3.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Manchester
The three are covered in 43, 27 and 27 languages: Dana White, Daniel C. Burbank and Henry Molaison.
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Through the years
When Manchester’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 6 births.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableBusinessFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicFaithMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Manchester
Of the other 49, 14 are athletes.
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1837–1886Governor of Colorado, United States from 1879 to 1883
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The best known from each town bordering Manchester.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Manchester 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 (26)
- Dana White: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel C. Burbank: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Astrid Allwyn: CINELANDIA magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Blair: Дмитрий “Ward” Куликов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simone Schaller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Miner Spencer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Cheney Neville: Emily Cheney Neville, 1919-1997, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Walker Pitkin: Rose & Hopkins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Johnstone: Los Angeles Dodgers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Lyman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Seth DeValve: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kory Sheets: Chrisjnelson at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Chapin: Mtnview01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Addie C. Strong Engle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Boyd: Colorado State Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Cheney: Yale University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dr. Dot: Lisa1881, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Vilga: Din Ferizovic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Bronkie: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis R. Cheney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherwood Cheney: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carol Lynn Curchoe: 32ATPs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Cheney: Artist not indicated in source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Clark: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Hainsey: Benjamin Reed, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Trall: Charles W. Forward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons