#1Famous people · Meadville
Meadville is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Articles in 4 languages make the American baseball pitcher Pete Young the best known. Dick Jones and Greg Briggs follow. Born in 1888, Pat McGehee is the first name on record, and Greg Briggs, born in 1968, the most recent. Athletes make up the largest group, 4 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Pete Young
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Pat McGehee
Youngest
1968
Greg Briggs
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Meadville
The three best known are all athletes.
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Through the years
When Meadville’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1960s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Meadville
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Meadville 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)
- Pete Young: Mississippi State Bulldogs, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Jones: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons