#1Famous people · Greensburg
11 famous people were born in Greensburg, more of them leaders than in most towns
Articles in 18 languages make the American politician Rose McConnell Long the best known. Carl G. Fisher and Alex Meyer follow. In the age of mills and railroads, 5 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Robert W. Miers’, in 1848, and the last Bryant McIntosh’s, in 1994.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Rose McConnell Long
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1848
Robert W. Miers
Youngest
1994
Bryant McIntosh
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Greensburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Greensburg is known for
Greensburg has 1.7× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Greensburg
By how many languages cover them, Rose McConnell Long comes first (18), then Carl G. Fisher (7) and Alex Meyer (6).
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When Greensburg’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1870s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Greensburg
Still to come: 8 more, from 1848 to 1994.
Aldred Scott Warthin
1867–1931Pathologist whose research laid the foundation for understanding the heritability of certain cancers
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greensburg 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 (8)
- Rose McConnell Long: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl G. Fisher: Bain News Service, N.Y.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Meyer: Scott U on Flickr (Original version) 佾珜 (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryant McIntosh: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry F. Lawrence: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Goodnow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert W. Miers: ”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy H. Thorpe: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons