#1Famous people · Alliance
Scientists and doctors stand out among the 37 famous people born in Alliance
Perry King, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 37 languages. Second place goes to the American voice actor Yuri Lowenthal, third to David A. Huffman. The largest group, 16, was born between 1920 and 1969. 5 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
37
notable people
Best known
Perry King
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
William Miller Jenkins
Youngest
2000
Kierstan Bell
Most common field
Science & Medicine
8 people
What stands out about Alliance’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Alliance is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 3.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Alliance
Perry King, Yuri Lowenthal and David A. Huffman are written about in 37, 28 and 21 languages.
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Science & Medicine
David A. Huffman
1925–1999American computer scientist
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Through the years
When Alliance’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1920s, with 9 people born in that decade.
Science & MedicineSportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageBusinessMilitaryNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Alliance
Of the other 34, 8 are athletes.
Florence Huntley
1861–1912American journalist, editor, humorist, occult author
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alliance 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)
- Perry King: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yuri Lowenthal: Warlordcubs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Len Dawson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Panoz: Osajus, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Miller Jenkins: User Basti-stuttgart on de.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Armstrong: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clarke Reed: Ghio Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Farmer: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Florence Huntley: Florence Huntley., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gertrude Alice Kay: Gertrude Alice Kay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Thorpe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kierstan Bell: Alexander Jonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James F. Hamlet: Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons