#1Famous people · Palmyra
Palmyra is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Robert K. Crane, the American biochemist, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are Jonathan Grimes and Quron Pratt. Next door, Philadelphia lists 30, led by Noam Chomsky. The list comes to 4 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.5 in the typical town in New Jersey.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Robert K. Crane
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1919
Robert K. Crane
Youngest
1991
Quron Pratt
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Palmyra
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Known for
What Palmyra is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
A chosen home
Also called Palmyra home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Palmyra, though born elsewhere.
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Next door
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Close by, Philadelphia counts 30 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Palmyra 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)
- Robert K. Crane: Fabian Bachrach, CC BY 3.0 us, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy Singleton: https://www.flickr.com/photos/njdmava/, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Noam Chomsky: Augusto Starita / Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd Carpenter Griscom: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons