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Famous people · Princeton
10 famous people were born in Princeton from 1838 to 1957
Most widely known is Greg Smith, the American basketball player, with articles in 7 languages. Behind the leader come Ada Henry Van Pelt and Mabel Stark. The largest group, 5, was born between 1920 and 1969. Per head, the list is long: 16 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Kentucky has 4.8.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Greg Smith
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1838
Ada Henry Van Pelt
Youngest
1957
Tony Franklin
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Princeton
Greg Smith leads with articles in 7 languages, ahead of Ada Henry Van Pelt (6) and Mabel Stark (6).
#2
#3Through the years
When Princeton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsNotablePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Princeton is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 4.
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 Princeton
Another 7, 3 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Princeton 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 (3)
- Ada Henry Van Pelt: Charles Sedgwick Aiken, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mabel Stark: The original uploader was Brian0918 at English Wikipedia. (Original text: Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons