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Famous people · Central City
4 famous people call Central City their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Bobby Watson, covered in 6 languages. Bernard Hickman is second and Marty Mason third. The list comes to 7 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Kentucky, at 4.8. The oldest name on the list belongs to Ziggy Sears, born in 1892, the newest to Marty Mason, born in 1958.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Bobby Watson
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Ziggy Sears
Youngest
1958
Marty Mason
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Central City
Languages with an article: 6 for Bobby Watson, 2 for Bernard Hickman, 2 for Marty Mason.
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#3Through the years
When Central City’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 1 births.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Central City
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Central City 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)
- Marty Mason: gcny1956, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons