#1Famous people · Harlan
Harlan’s famous people span 111 years: 10 births from 1875 to 1986
Articles in 15 languages make the American writer Kij Johnson the best known. Lynn Reynolds, the American film director and screenwriter, comes second, with Tiny Lund third. The largest group, 5, was born between 1920 and 1969. The biggest group are athletes: 4.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Kij Johnson
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
George Sabin Gibbs
Youngest
1986
Megan Hess
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Harlan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Harlan’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Harlan
Kij Johnson leads with articles in 15 languages, ahead of Lynn Reynolds (11) and Tiny Lund (6).
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Lynn Reynolds
1889–1927American film director and screenwriter
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Known for
What Harlan is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Harlan
7 more names, born between 1875 and 1986.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Harlan home
One more notable person made the town home: Nancy Boettger.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Harlan 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)
- Kij Johnson: Johan Jönsson (Julle), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn Reynolds: Fox Film Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiny Lund: No machine-readable author provided. Cdlund assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- George Sabin Gibbs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons