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Famous people · Pendleton
9 famous people were born in Pendleton, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Articles in 10 languages make the American designer Walter Dorwin Teague the best known. Kellen Dunham, the American basketball player, comes second, with William Walker third. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 16.9 for every 10,000 residents. From Joseph Swain to Kellen Dunham, the births on the list run from 1857 to 1993.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Walter Dorwin Teague
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1857
Joseph Swain
Youngest
1993
Kellen Dunham
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Pendleton
First, Walter Dorwin Teague (10 languages), then Kellen Dunham (7) and William Walker (7).
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Through the years
When Pendleton’s famous people were born
The 1890s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Pendleton is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 4 of them.
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 Pendleton
6 more, from 1857 to 1955.
John S. Allen
1907–1982American university president, professor of astronomy
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Nearby, Anderson has the most on record, with 49.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pendleton 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 (5)
- Kellen Dunham: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Wilt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Swain: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Allen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harrison R. Kincaid: The Sunday Oregonian, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons