#1Famous people · Manchester
Manchester has just one famous person to its name: Hank Arft
The American baseball player Hank Arft was born in 1922. Their birth falls between 1920 and 1969. 3 languages have an article about them. Across the town line, Ballwin lists 3, Blaine Gabbert first.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Hank Arft
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1922
Hank Arft
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Manchester
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Manchester 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)
- Hank Arft: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blaine Gabbert: Tiscionem510, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons