#1Famous people · Akron
5 famous people come from Akron, Alex Webster the best known
Alex Webster, the American bassist, is the most widely known, written about in 23 languages. Close behind are Jack Owen and Marlow Cook. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 4 in all. The first birth on record is Dennis Edward Nolan’s, in 1872, and the last Alex Webster’s, in 1969.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Alex Webster
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Dennis Edward Nolan
Youngest
1969
Alex Webster
Most common field
Music
2 people
What stands out about Akron’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Akron’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Akron
Musicians take two of the three places.
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What Akron is known for
The field with the most names is Music: 2.
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Everyone else born in Akron
Here are 2 more, born from 1872 to 1954.
Dennis Edward Nolan
1872–1956(1872-1956) United States Army general, American football coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Akron 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 (5)
- Alex Webster: Alexandre Cardoso, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Owen: Wojciech Dobrogojski <bahlazamon (at) o2 (dot) pl>, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Marlow Cook: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Paxon: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Edward Nolan: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons