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Famous people · Bangor
Bangor is the birthplace of 4 famous people
With articles in 6 languages, Hall Overton is the most widely known. The next two names are Peter Gent and Thelma Terry. Grover C. Dillman, born in 1889, is the earliest name and Peter Gent, born in 1942, the latest. More are musicians than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Hall Overton
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
Grover C. Dillman
Youngest
1942
Peter Gent
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Bangor
Two of the three are musicians.
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Through the years
When Bangor’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1 births.
MusicSportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bangor is known for
Musicians are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bangor 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)
- Grover C. Dillman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons