#1Famous people · York
The 14 famous people born in York, led by Fred Niblo
Most widely known is Fred Niblo, the American film director, with articles in 27 languages. The next two names are Doug Bereuter and Sam Koch. The largest group, 7, was born between 1920 and 1969. 3 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Fred Niblo
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Fred Niblo
Youngest
1988
Stephen Kohlscheen
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about York’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When York’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in York
The three are covered in 27, 11 and 10 languages: Fred Niblo, Doug Bereuter and Sam Koch.
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What York is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 5 people.
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Everyone else born in York
11 more names, born between 1884 and 1988.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is York 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 (6)
- Fred Niblo: Bain News Sevice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Bereuter: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Koch: Sam_Koch_and_John_Harbaugh.jpg: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA derivative work: Rockfang, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Catherine Clarke Fenselau: Staff photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert T. Smith: The original uploader was Signaleer at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Sieckmann: Lonquist1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons