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Famous people · Osgood

4 famous people call Osgood their birthplace

The best known is the American mathematician Ronald G. Douglas, with articles in 8 languages. The American baseball player Grover Hartley ranks second, ahead of Tex Pruiett. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all. Gary’s 68 names make the longest list in Indiana.

#1 best knownRonald G. DouglasScience & Medicine · 1938–2018
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4
notable people
Best known
Ronald G. Douglas
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Tex Pruiett
Youngest
1938
Ronald G. Douglas
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Osgood

First, Ronald G. Douglas (8 languages), then Grover Hartley (5) and Tex Pruiett (2).

Ronald G. Douglas#1
Science & Medicine

Ronald G. Douglas

1938–2018

American mathematician

8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Grover Hartley#2
Sports

Grover Hartley

1888–1964

American baseball player

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
TP#3
Sports

Tex Pruiett

1883–1953

American baseball player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Osgood’s famous people were born

The 1930s saw the most births of any decade: 2.

Mills & railroadsThe American century19001950Ronald G. DouglasGrover Hartley
SportsScience & MedicineWriting & Arts

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Osgood is known for

Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.

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 Osgood

1 more, best known first.

SC

Sherrill Cheda

1936–2008

American-Canadian librarian, writer, and feminist

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Osgood 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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