#1Famous people · Brecksville
From 1847 to 1993, Brecksville was the birthplace of 4 famous people
Most widely known is Christen Westphal, the American soccer player, with articles in 8 languages. Close behind are Eunice Gibbs Allyn and Steve Gillespie. Christen Westphal was born in 1993. Half or more of the towns in Ohio have no one on record, but this one has 2.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Christen Westphal
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1847
Eunice Gibbs Allyn
Youngest
1993
Christen Westphal
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Brecksville
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2Writing & Arts
Eunice Gibbs Allyn
1847–191619th-century American correspondent. author, and poet
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Brecksville’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 1 births.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brecksville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brecksville
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Broadview Heights has the most people on record, 4 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brecksville 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 (3)
- Christen Westphal: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eunice Gibbs Allyn: F. E. Willard & M. A. R. Livermore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Gillespie: Content20, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons