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Famous people · Wellsville
Wellsville is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Bill Grigsby, the American football broadcaster, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Elizabeth Layton and George Pettibone. Over 69 years of births, the list goes from George Pettibone (1862) to George Wingert (1931). Only 71 of the 332 towns in Kansas with anyone on record list more.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Bill Grigsby
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
George Pettibone
Youngest
1931
George Wingert
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Wellsville
Three names lead: Bill Grigsby (3 languages), Elizabeth Layton (2) and George Pettibone (2).
EL#2
#3Through the years
When Wellsville’s famous people were born
The 1920s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wellsville is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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Everyone else born in Wellsville
Another 2, 2 of them leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wellsville 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 (1)
- George Pettibone: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons