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Famous people · Rockville
Rockville’s famous people span 118 years: 6 births from 1832 to 1950
Articles in 6 languages make the professional basketball player Bill Newton the best known. Mark L. De Motte and J.A. Britton follow. More than half were born in the early republic, 4 in all. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 23.4 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Bill Newton
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1832
Mark L. De Motte
Youngest
1950
Bill Newton
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Rockville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Rockville’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1830s, at 2.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rockville
Bill Newton leads with articles in 6 languages, ahead of Mark L. De Motte (6) and J.A. Britton (4).
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Known for
What Rockville is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rockville 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)
- Mark L. De Motte: From 1882's "Public Men of To-Day" by Phineas Camp Headley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Harvey Logan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greeley W. Whitford: Editors George E. Lewis and D. F. Stackelbeck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Juliet V. Strauss: W. H. Bass Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons