#1Famous people · Pinckney
5 famous people were born in Pinckney from 1855 to 1998
Most widely known is Jake Vedder, the American male snowboarder, with articles in 6 languages. Glendon Swarthout is second and Ryan Donovan third. The largest group, 3, was born since 1970. The list’s best known name, Jake Vedder, dates from 1998.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Jake Vedder
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
Charles Sumner Burch
Youngest
1998
Jake Vedder
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Pinckney’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Pinckney’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsNotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Pinckney
Jake Vedder leads with articles in 6 languages, ahead of Glendon Swarthout (5) and Ryan Donovan (4).
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#2Writing & Arts
Glendon Swarthout
1918–1992American western author and novelist
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What Pinckney is known for
Pinckney has 1.7× the usual share of athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pinckney 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)
- Jake Vedder: Rick Snyder, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glendon Swarthout: Miles swarthout, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Sumner Burch: Samuel Hart, The House of Bishops : the latest portraits of the living bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States in the order of consecration : also a composite group of the House of Bishops which met in Richmond in 1859, New Y…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons