BJ#1
Sports
Bobby Jurasin
born 1964Player of American and Canadian football
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Famous people · Wakefield
Wakefield is the birthplace of 2 famous people
The best known is the player of American and Canadian football Bobby Jurasin, with articles in 3 languages. The other is George R. Cavender. Born in 1919, George R. Cavender is the first name on record, and Bobby Jurasin, born in 1964, the most recent. In Michigan, 502 towns have someone on the list.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Bobby Jurasin
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1919
George R. Cavender
Youngest
1964
Bobby Jurasin
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Wakefield
#2Music
George R. Cavender
1919–2004American music educator, marching band director
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wakefield 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)
- George R. Cavender: Shonebrooks, CC0, Wikimedia Commons