#1Film, TV & Stage
Crane Wilbur
1886–1973American actor, film writer, director
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Famous people · Athens
Crane Wilbur tops a list of 4 famous people born in Athens
Best known of all is Crane Wilbur, written about in 18 languages. Second place goes to the American fencer Dernell Every, third to Eugene D. Dimmick. Births span 1840 to 1906, from Eugene D. Dimmick to Dernell Every. The list comes to 10.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.9 in the typical town in New York.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Crane Wilbur
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1840
Eugene D. Dimmick
Youngest
1906
Dernell Every
Most common field
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1 people
The best known
Born in Athens
The three are covered in 18, 11 and 2 languages: Crane Wilbur, Dernell Every and Eugene D. Dimmick.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Athens 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 (8)
- Crane Wilbur: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene D. Dimmick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Van Wie Bergamini: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Spencer: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Bogardus: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabel Rea: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oona Brown: FloweringDagwood, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Davis: loganrickert, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons