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Robert Allen Pease
1940–2011American electronics engineer and technical author
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Famous people · Rockville
Rockville’s famous people span 129 years: 12 births from 1850 to 1979
With articles in 9 languages, Robert Allen Pease is the most widely known. The lawyer and politician Antoni Nicholas Sadlak ranks second, ahead of Mary Mattingly. In the age of mills and railroads, 5 were born, the most of any period. The list’s best known name, Robert Allen Pease, dates from 1940.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Robert Allen Pease
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1850
George Edwin MacLean
Youngest
1979
Mary Mattingly
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Rockville
Robert Allen Pease leads with articles in 9 languages, ahead of Antoni Nicholas Sadlak (5) and Mary Mattingly (3).
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Through the years
When Rockville’s famous people were born
The 1900s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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What Rockville is known for
Share of Rockville’s famous people in each field.
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Everyone else born in Rockville
Here are 9 more, born from 1850 to 1973.
George Edwin MacLean
1850–1938American academic (1850–1938); eighth president of the University of Iowa
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rockville 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 (7)
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan G. Agostinelli: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Farrell: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Edwin MacLean: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Francis Loomis: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth North: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Trall: Charles W. Forward, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons