#1Film, TV & Stage
Oliver Hardy
1892–1957American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy
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Famous people · Harlem
A single famous person was born in Harlem: Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy was born in 1892. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. 58 languages have an article about them. No town in Georgia lists more than Rome, with 66.
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Oliver Hardy
in 58 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Oliver Hardy
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Film, TV & Stage
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notable residents
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Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Harlem, though born elsewhere.
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Photo credits (1)
- Oliver Hardy: Harry Warnecke, 1900 - 1984, CC0, Wikimedia Commons