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Levi Casey tops a list of 6 famous people born in Vienna
Articles in 13 languages make the American triple jumper Levi Casey the best known. In the age of mills and railroads, 5 were born, the most of any period. Fewer than a quarter of the 747 towns in Illinois with famous people list more. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Levi Casey
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1854
Pleasant T. Chapman
Youngest
1904
Levi Casey
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Vienna
Two of the three are leaders.
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#3Through the years
When Vienna’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 2.
Politics & LawSportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Vienna is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.4 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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Everyone else born in Vienna
Still to come: 3 more, from 1866 to 1895.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Vienna 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)
- Pleasant T. Chapman: James A. Rose, Illinois Secretary of State, author. Illinois Printing Company (Danville, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. English: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Lindsey: Lt. R. W. Sears, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Chapman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons