#1Famous people · Holden
Holden is the birthplace of 4 famous people
At the top of the list is the major League Baseball first baseman Hooks Cotter, covered in 3 languages. Jim Chaney is second and George Gillpatrick third. The first birth on record is George Gillpatrick’s, in 1875, and the last Jim Chaney’s, in 1962. The biggest group are athletes: 3.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Hooks Cotter
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
George Gillpatrick
Youngest
1962
Jim Chaney
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Holden
The three best known are all athletes.
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Through the years
When Holden’s famous people were born
The 1900s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
SportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Holden 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Holden
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Holden 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 (2)
- Hooks Cotter: Underwood and Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Chaney: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons