#1Famous people · Valhalla
5 famous people call Valhalla their birthplace
Articles in 7 languages make the American cartoonist Ollie Harrington the best known. Charlie Criss and Dell Alston follow. Per head, the list is long: 17 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New York has 3.9. The oldest name on the list belongs to Ollie Harrington, born in 1912, the newest to Dell Alston, born in 1952.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Ollie Harrington
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1912
Ollie Harrington
Youngest
1952
Dell Alston
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Valhalla
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Valhalla’s famous people were born
Most were born between 1920 and 1969 (3); the busiest decade is the 1910s (1).
Writing & ArtsSportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Valhalla is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 2 people.
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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Everyone else born in Valhalla
2 more, best known first.
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The neighbour with the most names is Mount Pleasant, at 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Valhalla 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)
- Ollie Harrington: Harrington, Oliver W., (Oliver Wendell), 1912-, artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Criss: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dell Alston: Douglas M. McWilliams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry James: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons