#1Film, TV & Stage
Crane Wilbur
1886–1973American actor, film writer, director
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Famous people · Athens
4 famous people come from Athens, Crane Wilbur the best known
Crane Wilbur leads the list, covered in 18 languages. Second place goes to the American fencer Dernell Every, third to Eugene D. Dimmick. The list runs from Eugene D. Dimmick, born in 1840, to Dernell Every, born in 1906. The longest list of any town in New York belongs to New York City, with 99.
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
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Athens
Counted by languages, Crane Wilbur is ahead of Dernell Every and Eugene D. Dimmick: 18, 11 and 2.
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#3Through the years
When Athens’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1880s than in any other decade: 2.
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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 (5)
- 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
- Oona Brown: FloweringDagwood, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons