#1Famous people · Marion
From 1843 to 1997, Marion was the birthplace of 16 famous people
The best known is the American politician Edward E. Denison, with articles in 7 languages. Behind the leader come Ray Fosse and George Evan Howell. 4 of them were born since 1970. The largest group, 6, was born in the age of mills and railroads.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Edward E. Denison
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1843
Martin K. Davis
Youngest
1997
Darryl Sullivan
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Marion
Ranked by languages covered: Edward E. Denison with 7, then Ray Fosse with 7 and George Evan Howell with 6.
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#3Through the years
When Marion’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1900s come out on top, with 2 births.
NotableSportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Marion is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 5 of them.
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 Marion
13 more, 4 of them athletes.
Dolph Stanley
1905–1990American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator
SportsWikipedia ↗
C. Carl Jennings
1910–2003American artist and blacksmith; owner of El Diablo Forge
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Marion home
One more notable person made the town home: Lance Lynn.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marion 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 (7)
- Edward E. Denison: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Fosse: Buckwyld43, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Evan Howell: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Babe Borton: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrin Patrick: Justin Brackett, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard G. Wilson: See below, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lance Lynn: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons