#1Famous people · Altoona
4 famous people come from Altoona, John Houbolt the best known
Most widely known is John Houbolt, the American aerospace engineer, with articles in 19 languages. Kyle Orton and Clyde Crabtree follow. From Clyde Crabtree in 1905 to Kyle Orton in 1982, the births cover 77 years. The list comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, below the 11.1 of the typical town in Iowa.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Houbolt
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Clyde Crabtree
Youngest
1982
Kyle Orton
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Altoona
Two of the three are athletes.
#1#2#3Sports
Clyde Crabtree
1905–1994American football player, teacher, coach
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Altoona’s famous people were born
The 1910s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Altoona is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Altoona
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Altoona 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 (4)
- John Houbolt: NASA/LARC/Bob Nye, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Orton: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clyde Crabtree: Credited in newspaper as "Associated Press Photo", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Solinger: Tjrm4, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons