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Famous people · Wayne

The 6 famous people born in Wayne, led by Emily Kinney

At the top of the list is the American actress and singer-songwriter Emily Kinney, covered in 31 languages. 3 of them were born since 1970. The biggest group are athletes: 3. Fewer than a quarter of the 233 towns in Nebraska with famous people list more.

#1 best knownEmily KinneyFilm, TV & Stage · born 1985
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Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Emily Kinney
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1938
Russell Eddie
Youngest
1985
Nick Schumacher
Most common field
Sports
3 people

What stands out about Wayne’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Wayne’s famous people were born

The 1980s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.

The American centuryToday19502000Emily KinneyKirk Bovill
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law

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

The best known

Born in Wayne

By how many languages cover them, Emily Kinney comes first (31), then Kirk Bovill (6) and Justin Sandy (3).

Emily Kinney#1
Film, TV & Stage

Emily Kinney

born 1985

American actress and singer-songwriter

31 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Kirk Bovill#2
Film, TV & Stage

Kirk Bovill

born 1961

American actor

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JS#3
Sports

Justin Sandy

born 1982

American football player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for

What Wayne is known for

Wayne has 1.4× the usual share of athletes.

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 Wayne

3 more, 2 of them athletes.

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Nick Schumacher

born 1985

American baseball player

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Russell Eddie

born 1938

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
DM

Don Meyer

1944–2014

American basketball player-coach

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wayne 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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