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Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Mount Vernon
2 famous people call Mount Vernon their birthplace
Benny Dees, the American basketball player-coach, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The only other name is the American politician Theodore Johnson. Of the towns next door, Ailey lists the most: 2, with Sugar Ray Robinson first. Over 30 years of births, the list goes from Theodore Johnson (1904) to Benny Dees (1934).
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Benny Dees
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Theodore Johnson
Youngest
1934
Benny Dees
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Mount Vernon
TJ#2
Known for
What Mount Vernon is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Vernon 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 (1)
- Sugar Ray Robinson: ACME, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons