#1Famous people · Yerington
The 4 famous people born in Yerington, led by Nevada Barr
The best known is the American novelist Nevada Barr, with articles in 16 languages. Second place goes to the American politician Joe Dini, third to Jesse Brinkley. Half or more of the towns in Nevada have no one on record, but this one has 12.7 for every 10,000 residents. Born in 1929, Joe Dini is the first name on record, and Jesse Brinkley, born in 1976, the most recent.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Nevada Barr
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1929
Joe Dini
Youngest
1976
Jesse Brinkley
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Yerington
Three names lead: Nevada Barr (16 languages), Joe Dini (4) and Jesse Brinkley (3).
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#3Through the years
When Yerington’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Yerington is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 Yerington
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Yerington 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)
- Nevada Barr: Oldbeeg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Dini: NDOT PIO Photo credit by Julie Duewel, NDOT Photographer, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Brinkley: Mike Searson, CC0, Wikimedia Commons