#1Famous people · Plymouth
Plymouth’s famous people span 143 years: 6 births from 1842 to 1985
Articles in 9 languages make the American middle-distance runner Morgan Uceny the best known. The American composer David van Vactor ranks second, ahead of Christine Greig. The largest group, 3, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Morgan Uceny was born in 1985.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Morgan Uceny
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
Henry N. Couden
Youngest
1985
Morgan Uceny
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Plymouth
By how many languages cover them, Morgan Uceny comes first (9), then David van Vactor (6) and Christine Greig (3).
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Through the years
When Plymouth’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Plymouth is known for
The largest field is Sports, 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 Plymouth
Still to come: 3 more, from 1842 to 1917.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Plymouth 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)
- Morgan Uceny: Kevin Scannell, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Paul Fife: US Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry N. Couden: Federal Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Short: Austin Senators, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons