#1Sports
Pat Riley
born 1945American basketball player, coach and executive
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Famous people · Rome
Most of the 27 famous people born in Rome came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Pat Riley leads the list, covered in 38 languages. Second place goes to the equestrian Bruce Davidson, third to Albert Barnes. Born in 1798, Albert Barnes is the first name on record, and Tom Myslinski, born in 1968, the most recent. Only 53 of the 1,265 towns in New York with anyone on record list more.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
Pat Riley
in 38 Wikipedia languages
First
1798
Albert Barnes
Youngest
1968
Tom Myslinski
Most common field
Sports
9 people
The best known
Born in Rome
By how many languages cover them, Pat Riley comes first (38), then Bruce Davidson (16) and Albert Barnes (11).
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#3Through the years
When Rome’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 8.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Rome is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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24 more, from 1801 to 1968.
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Nearby, Westmoreland has the most on record, with 6.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rome 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 (13)
- Pat Riley: Department of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Davidson: original image from flickr, by michael_bryant, reworked by Nordlicht8, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Barnes: George Edward Perine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilson S. Bissell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Manfred: Arturo Pardavila III from Hoboken, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alonzo J. Edgerton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Wright Raymond: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Asa S. Bushnell: Popular Graphic Arts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel P. Langford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Sage: W. M. Wander Weyde, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas D. Edwards: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Kingsley: Harper & Brothers; from a photograph by S. J. and C. W. Hallett, New York City, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons