#1Famous people · Harrisburg
12 famous people come from Harrisburg, Virginia Gregg the best known
The best known is the American actress Virginia Gregg, with articles in 18 languages. The largest group, 6, was born between 1920 and 1969. John E. Bradley, born in 1971, is the youngest, and Henry Turner, born in 1892, the first on record. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 14.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Virginia Gregg
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Henry Turner
Youngest
1971
John E. Bradley
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people
The best known
Born in Harrisburg
The three are covered in 18, 11 and 4 languages: Virginia Gregg, Henry Turner and Dale Swann.
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Through the years
When Harrisburg’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 3 births.
Film, TV & StageSportsNotablePolitics & LawMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Harrisburg is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 2.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Harrisburg 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)
- Virginia Gregg: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John E. Bradley: Illinois Lawmakers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Badders: Naval Historical Center, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Hunsinger: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons