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.
Born in Naples
Athletes take two of the three places.
#2When Naples’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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 else born in Naples
1 more, best known first.
Who’s the most famous person from Naples?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Naples’ most famous person is.
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.
Photo credits (4)
- Myron Holley Clark: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emory B. Pottle: Charles F. Milliken, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Baird Thomas Spalding: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emily Maria Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons


