#1Famous people · Caton
Caton is the birthplace of 5 famous people
The best known is the American baseball player and manager Deacon White, with articles in 9 languages. Will White and Donald E. Adams follow. Most were born in the early republic: 3 of them. The earliest on the list is Deacon White, born in 1847, and the youngest Donald E. Adams, born in 1921.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Deacon White
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1847
Deacon White
Youngest
1921
Donald E. Adams
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Caton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Caton’s famous people were born
The 1840s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Caton
Athletes take two of the three places.
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What Caton is known for
Caton has 1.7× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Caton
Here are 2 more, born from 1849 to 1863.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Caton 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)
- Deacon White: Frank N. Tomlinson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald E. Adams: en:US Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucien Grant Berry: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Sanger: Los Angeles Times, restored by Adam Cuerden, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons