#1Famous people · Barnesville
Barnesville’s famous people span 141 years: 16 births from 1830 to 1971
Elisha Gray, the American electrical engineer, is the most widely known, written about in 34 languages. 7 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. Fewer than a quarter of the 705 towns in Ohio with famous people list more. More are athletes than anything else, 5 in all.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Elisha Gray
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1830
Milton Barnes
Youngest
1971
Jay Sawvel
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Barnesville
Counted by languages, Elisha Gray is ahead of Isaac Parker and Joseph J. Gill: 34, 12 and 4.
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#3Through the years
When Barnesville’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1830s come out on top, with 4 births.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineNotableMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Barnesville is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 3.2 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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Everyone else born in Barnesville
Still to come: 13 more, from 1830 to 1971.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Barnesville 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 (8)
- Elisha Gray: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Parker: Theo. Reichmann National Park Service Catalog Number: FOSM 87, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph J. Gill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Milton Barnes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles John Howard: Baker's Art Gallery, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Bell: Joseph Janney Steinmetz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary McIvor: Photoplay Magazine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan H. Edgerton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons