#1Famous people · Britton
4 famous people call Britton their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American baseball pitcher Duane Below, covered in 6 languages. Fred B. Kniffen, the American historical geographer, comes second, with Leon Exelby third. The earliest on the list is Leon Exelby, born in 1888, and the youngest Duane Below, born in 1985. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Duane Below
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Leon Exelby
Youngest
1985
Duane Below
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Britton
The three are covered in 6, 2 and 2 languages: Duane Below, Fred B. Kniffen and Leon Exelby.
#1FK#2
Science & Medicine
Fred B. Kniffen
1900–1993American historical geographer
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
LE#3
Through the years
When Britton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Britton is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.1 times as common.
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 Britton
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Britton 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)
- Duane Below: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons