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Famous people · Stony Point

Stony Point is the birthplace of 4 famous people

Danny Reynolds, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. Second place goes to the American baseball player Dave Jolly, third to Glenn Watts. The oldest name on the list belongs to Obie Lackey, born in 1903, the newest to Dave Jolly, born in 1924. 3 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.

#1 best knownDanny ReynoldsSports · 1919–2007
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Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Danny Reynolds
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1903
Obie Lackey
Youngest
1924
Dave Jolly
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known

Born in Stony Point

Two of the three are athletes.

Danny Reynolds#1
Sports

Danny Reynolds

1919–2007

American baseball player

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Dave Jolly#2
Sports

Dave Jolly

1924–1963

American baseball player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
GW#3
Notable

Glenn Watts

1920–2002

American labor union leader

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Stony Point’s famous people were born

The 1920s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Dave JollyDanny Reynolds
SportsNotable

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Stony Point 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 Stony Point

1 more, best known first.

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Obie Lackey

1903–1979

American baseball player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stony Point 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.

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