#1Famous people · Lebanon
Lebanon counts 9 famous people, first among them John Lancaster Spalding
Articles in 10 languages make the Catholic bishop John Lancaster Spalding the best known. Mark Spalding, the American Roman Catholic bishop, comes second, with Thomas A. Spragens third. In the age of mills and railroads, 4 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 14 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Kentucky has 4.8.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
John Lancaster Spalding
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1840
John Lancaster Spalding
Youngest
1970
Mark T. Johnston
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Lebanon
First, John Lancaster Spalding (10 languages), then Mark Spalding (9) and Thomas A. Spragens (6).
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#3Science & Medicine
Thomas A. Spragens
1917–2006American academic administrator
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Through the years
When Lebanon’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1860s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsFaithScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lebanon is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 3 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Lebanon
6 more, from 1866 to 1970.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lebanon 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)
- John Lancaster Spalding: Simtropolitan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Spalding: BlueShirtz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas A. Spragens: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Grim: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry R. Grissom: U.S. Department of Justice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons