#1Andrew McCutchen
born 1986American professional baseball player
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Andrew McCutchen, the American professional baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. Behind the leader come Evon Streetman and James Henry Mills. 3 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 9.6, while at least half the towns in Florida list nobody born there.
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Andrew McCutchen leads with articles in 14 languages, ahead of Evon Streetman (2) and James Henry Mills (2).
#1American professional baseball player
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.7 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Meade 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.