#1Film, TV & Stage
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
born 1956American actor and screenwriter
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Famous people · Lackawanna
15 famous people from Lackawanna, many of them performers
At the top of the list is the American actor and screenwriter Ruben Santiago-Hudson, covered in 17 languages. The largest group, 11, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. Stan Raiman, born in 1914, is the earliest name and Marcus Rivers, born in 1989, the latest.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Stan Raiman
Youngest
1989
Marcus Rivers
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Lackawanna’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Lackawanna is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 2.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Lackawanna’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 7 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lackawanna
By how many languages cover them, Ruben Santiago-Hudson comes first (17), then Lonnie Smith (13) and Michael Bryan French (8).
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Everyone else born in Lackawanna
Another 12, 6 of them athletes.
Peggy Pendleton
born 1946Member of the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lackawanna 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)
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson: PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lonnie Smith: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Jaworski: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 3rd Class Specialist Kenneth R. Hendrix. Cropped by User:Blueag9., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Sullivan: Michaelbenabib, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Hesketh: Indianapolis Indians, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Hollerith: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Howard Hunt: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Stempniak: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons