#1Famous people · Defiance
Wild Bill Davison tops a list of 24 famous people born in Defiance
Most widely known is Wild Bill Davison, the American jazz musician, with articles in 10 languages. In the age of mills and railroads, 11 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 13.9, while at least half the towns in Ohio list nobody born there. Fewer than a quarter of the 714 towns in Ohio with famous people list more.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Wild Bill Davison
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1871
Timothy T. Ansberry
Youngest
1993
Art Warren
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Defiance’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Defiance’s famous people were born
The 1900s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageMilitaryWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Defiance
Three names lead: Wild Bill Davison (10 languages), Chad Billingsley (9) and Helen Arnold (7).
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What Defiance is known for
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21 more, 10 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Defiance 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 (14)
- Wild Bill Davison: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Billingsley: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helen Arnold: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alene Duerk: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy T. Ansberry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Bair: Joel Dinda, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Kampe: x97kruszka, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Alexander Boyd: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chad Reineke: Djh57, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jill Hruby: United States Department of Energy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Hancock: Carpawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Bacon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter W. Wensinger: SSgt. James L. Thomas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons