#1Most of the 13 famous people born in Plainview came into the world since 1970
Articles in 41 languages make the American actress Danielle Harris the best known. Close behind are Diane Franklin and Hoodie Allen. From Armond H. DeLalio to Alex Rybakov, the births on the list run from 1917 to 1997. The list comes to 5 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in New York, at 3.9.
What stands out about Plainview’s famous people
When Plainview’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Plainview
The three are covered in 41, 15 and 13 languages: Danielle Harris, Diane Franklin and Hoodie Allen.
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#3Hoodie Allen
born 1988American rapper, singer and songwriter from New York
What Plainview is known for
Plainview has 2.4× the usual share of performers.
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 Plainview
Another 10, 5 of them athletes.




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Also called Plainview home
One more notable person made the town home: Balaji Srinivasan.
Who’s the most famous person from Plainview?
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Huntington’s, with 81.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Plainview 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 (11)
- Danielle Harris: Casey Florig, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Diane Franklin: 48states, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hoodie Allen: Tiffany Ronquillo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Greenberg: Orrling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- LeRoy Homer: Air Force Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Karo: VenusflyTRIP, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Rybakov: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Norris Russell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Slater: Florida Supercon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Savage: YanRB, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Lovett: nrkbeta, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons



