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Famous people · Dixon
Isaiah Roby tops a list of 14 famous people born in Dixon
The best known is the American basketball player Isaiah Roby, with articles in 12 languages. 6 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 5 of the names. The oldest name on the list belongs to Minnie Gow Walsworth, born in 1859, the newest to Isaiah Roby, born in 1998.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Isaiah Roby
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
Minnie Gow Walsworth
Youngest
1998
Isaiah Roby
Most common field
Sports
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Dixon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Dixon’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dixon
Isaiah Roby, John Devine and Rondi Reed are written about in 12, 10 and 9 languages.
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The rest number 11, with 3 leaders among them.
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Born elsewhere, Tim Bivins lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dixon 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 (8)
- John Devine: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rondi Reed: Michael Brosilow, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Adelbert Parkhurst: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Sterling: Political Graveyard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Hey: Kamasami Kong, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- H. Allen Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bryant: film screenshot (Concordia Productions), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Considine: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons