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Famous people · O'Neill
8 famous people from O'Neill, many of them leaders
Articles in 10 languages make the American songwriter Harry Owens the best known. Second and third on the list are James A. Donohoe and Debra Kolste. The largest group, 6, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Over 106 years of births, the list goes from James A. Donohoe (1877) to Jake Peetz (1983).
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Harry Owens
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
James A. Donohoe
Youngest
1983
Jake Peetz
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about O'Neill’s famous people
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What O'Neill is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.4 times the usual share.
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The best known
Born in O'Neill
Harry Owens has articles in 10 languages, James A. Donohoe in 4 and Debra Kolste in 3.
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Through the years
When O'Neill’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1900s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is O'Neill 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 (3)
- James A. Donohoe: United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis C. Whelan: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Leahy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons