#1Famous people · Danville
Most of the 8 famous people born in Danville came into the world in the age of mills and railroads
The best known is the American baseball player Sam Thompson, with articles in 11 languages. Over 131 years of births, the list goes from Sam Thompson (1860) to James Hurst (1991). Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. The biggest group are athletes: 3.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Sam Thompson
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
Sam Thompson
Youngest
1991
James Hurst
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Danville
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Through the years
When Danville’s famous people were born
The 1880s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Danville is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 3 of them.
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 Danville
Still to come: 5 more, from 1883 to 1981.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Danville 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 (6)
- Sam Thompson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hurst: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Millikin: Army and Navy Publishing Company (Baton Rouge, LA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Crawford F. Parker: Parker Campaign, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christin Baker: EngiZe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Jordan: Florida Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons