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Famous people · Venice

Venice is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Horace Jackson leads the list, covered in 7 languages. The next two names are Ted Savage and Vernon Brown. The list runs from Horace Jackson, born in 1898, to Ted Savage, born in 1936. Next door, the list for Madison holds 11, Donnie Freeman first.

#2 best knownTed SavageSports · 1936–2023
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Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Horace Jackson
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Horace Jackson
Youngest
1936
Ted Savage
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known

Born in Venice

Counted by languages, Horace Jackson is ahead of Ted Savage and Vernon Brown: 7, 5 and 4.

HJ#1
Film, TV & Stage

Horace Jackson

1898–1952

American film director, screenwriter

7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Ted Savage#2
Sports

Ted Savage

1936–2023

American baseball player

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Vernon Brown#3
Music

Vernon Brown

1907–1979

American musician

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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The neighbour with the most names is Madison, at 11.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Venice 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.

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