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Famous people · Dayton
2 famous people come from Dayton, Gertrude Mary Cox the best known
Articles in 20 languages make the American statistician Gertrude Mary Cox the best known. The other is Joseph A. A. Burnquist, the American politician. Joseph A. A. Burnquist (1879) and Gertrude Mary Cox (1906) mark the two ends of the list. The longest list of any town in Iowa belongs to Waterloo, with 61.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Gertrude Mary Cox
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Joseph A. A. Burnquist
Youngest
1906
Gertrude Mary Cox
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Dayton
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dayton 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)
- Joseph A. A. Burnquist: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons