#1Famous people · Hartington
Hartington counts 4 famous people, first among them Charles Thone
Most widely known is Charles Thone, the American politician, with articles in 13 languages. J. Lee Rankin is second and Dwight W. Burney third. Over 85 years of births, the list goes from Dwight W. Burney (1892) to Russ Hochstein (1977). Leaders make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Charles Thone
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Dwight W. Burney
Youngest
1977
Russ Hochstein
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Hartington
The three best known are all leaders.
#1#2#3Through the years
When Hartington’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hartington is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.6 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 Hartington
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hartington 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 (4)
- Charles Thone: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Lee Rankin: US government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dwight W. Burney: State of Nebraska, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Hochstein: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons