#1Famous people · Havre de Grace
Leaders stand out among the 34 famous people born in Havre de Grace
Most widely known is Cal Ripken Jr., the American retired baseball player, with articles in 21 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 21 were born, the most of any period. From Elihu H. Bay in 1754 to Immanuel Quickley in 1999, the births cover 245 years. Only 6 of the 199 towns in Maryland with anyone on record list more.
Born here
34
notable people
Best known
Cal Ripken Jr.
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1754
Elihu H. Bay
Youngest
1999
Immanuel Quickley
Most common field
Politics & Law
13 people
What stands out about Havre de Grace’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Havre de Grace’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 9.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsMilitaryScience & MedicineMusicFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Havre de Grace is known for
Havre de Grace has 2.5× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Havre de Grace
The three are covered in 21, 18 and 18 languages: Cal Ripken Jr., Immanuel Quickley and Ultra Naté.
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Everyone else born in Havre de Grace
The other 31 span the years 1754 to 1997.
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The best known from each town bordering Havre de Grace.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Havre de Grace 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 (18)
- Cal Ripken Jr.: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Immanuel Quickley: Thomas Savoja, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ultra Naté: derivative work: CHR!S Ultranate.jpg: https://www.flickr.com/people/nayrb7, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Millard Tydings: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Chang: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Bradley: Scott Bass, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Rodgers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Ripken: Lkshoe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Glassman: Robin Sommer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David R. Craig: Hcexecintern, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Lawrence Bartol: Franklin Engraving & Printing Co., New York, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Ann Lisanti: US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Henry Yewell: Published in above-mentioned work, which was by Benjamin F. Gue, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Addams Reitwiesner: Montgomery Blair High School, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Rodgers: Bernard Christian Steiner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Cassilly: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas McInerney: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael D. Griffin: Monica King, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons