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Politics & Law
Clarence W. Avery
1882–1949Driving force behind Ford Motor Company's moving assembly line/president/chairman of auto-body supplier Murray Corporation
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Famous people · Dansville
Dansville’s famous people span 101 years: 4 births from 1882 to 1983
Best known of all is Clarence W. Avery, written about in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are Lindsay Bowen and Dave Diehl. Clarence W. Avery was born in 1882. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Clarence W. Avery
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1882
Clarence W. Avery
Youngest
1983
Lindsay Bowen
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Dansville
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Dansville’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 1 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dansville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.1 times.
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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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dansville 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.
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- Sam Williams: Bell Brand Snack Foods, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons