#14 famous people call Franklinville their birthplace
Joe Gacy, the American professional wrestler, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The American baseball player Bryan Dobzanski ranks second, ahead of Eliot Marshall. The oldest name on the list belongs to Leonard H. Kaser, born in 1931, the newest to Bryan Dobzanski, born in 1995. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all.
Born in Franklinville
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2When Franklinville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Franklinville is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Franklinville
1 more, best known first.
Who’s the most famous person from Franklinville?
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Franklinville 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 (2)
- Joe Gacy: John Jewell, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Dobzanski: Jeffrey Hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons