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Famous people · Naples

Naples counts 4 famous people, first among them Meghan Musnicki

Articles in 17 languages make the American rower Meghan Musnicki the best known. Close behind are Myron Holley Clark and Frank Reddout. Per head, the list is long: 15.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9. Myron Holley Clark, born in 1806, is the earliest name and Meghan Musnicki, born in 1983, the latest.

#2 best knownMyron Holley ClarkPolitics & Law · 1806–1892
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4
notable people
Best known
Meghan Musnicki
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1806
Myron Holley Clark
Youngest
1983
Meghan Musnicki
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Naples

Athletes take two of the three places.

MM#1
Sports

Meghan Musnicki

born 1983

American rower

17 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Myron Holley Clark#2
Politics & Law

Myron Holley Clark

1806–1892

American politician

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
FR#3
Sports

Frank Reddout

born 1931

American professional basketball player

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Naples’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.

A new nationMills & railroadsThe American centuryToday18001850190019502000Emory B. Pottle
SportsPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Naples is known for

2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Naples

1 more, best known first.

Emory B. Pottle

Emory B. Pottle

1815–1891

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

Cohocton leads the towns around it, with 4 names.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Naples 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.

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