#1Famous people · Aurora
Aurora counts 4 famous people, first among them Francine York
Francine York is the best known, with articles in 19 languages. The next two names are Mike Karakas and Bob Lakso. From Mike Karakas in 1911 to Bob Lakso in 1962, the births cover 51 years. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Francine York
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
Mike Karakas
Youngest
1962
Bob Lakso
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Aurora
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Aurora’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Aurora 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 Aurora
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Aurora 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)
- Francine York: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons