#1Famous people · Clay
Clay’s famous people span 145 years: 3 births from 1844 to 1989
Articles in 12 languages make the American baseball player Patrick Corbin the best known. Second and third on the list are Owen Honors and Matilda Maranda Crawford. Cicero’s list, next door, has 6 names, Matilda Joslyn Gage first among them. The list’s best known name, Patrick Corbin, dates from 1989.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Patrick Corbin
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1844
Matilda Maranda Crawford
Youngest
1989
Patrick Corbin
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Clay
Languages with an article: 12 for Patrick Corbin, 3 for Owen Honors, 1 for Matilda Maranda Crawford.
#1#2#3Writing & Arts
Matilda Maranda Crawford
1844–1920American-Canadian correspondent, poet, teacher
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clay 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 (6)
- Patrick Corbin: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Honors: US Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matilda Maranda Crawford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matilda Joslyn Gage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Benjamin Prescott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Esther Baker Steele: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons