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Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Columbus
2 famous people call Columbus their birthplace
Loften Mitchell, the American dramatist, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The list has one more: the American middle-distance runner Tony Waldrop. The earliest on the list is Loften Mitchell, born in 1919, and the youngest Tony Waldrop, born in 1951. 339 of the towns in North Carolina list at least one person.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Loften Mitchell
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1919
Loften Mitchell
Youngest
1951
Tony Waldrop
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Columbus
TW#2
Known for
What Columbus is known for
1 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Columbus 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.