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Famous people · Cleves
8 famous people were born in Cleves, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Most widely known is Dana Stubblefield, the American football player, with articles in 9 languages. Half or more of the towns in Ohio have no one on record, but this one has 23.6 for every 10,000 residents. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them. Births span 1870 to 1970, from Cornelia Cassady Davis to Dana Stubblefield.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Dana Stubblefield
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
Cornelia Cassady Davis
Youngest
1970
Dana Stubblefield
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Cleves
The three are covered in 9, 5 and 3 languages: Dana Stubblefield, Cornelia Cassady Davis and Benjamin W. Chidlaw.
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#3Through the years
When Cleves’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1870s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsMilitaryPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cleves is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 3 of them.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Cleves
5 more, 2 of them athletes.
Paul Chidlaw
1900–1989Influential American abstract painter and art instructor
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cleves 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 (6)
- Benjamin W. Chidlaw: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Les Backman: Sporting Life, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Leland L. Summers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Chidlaw: Wilbur G. Adam, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Russ Nixon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Harrison: Pach Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons