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Famous people · Dover
22 famous people come from Dover, Elwyn Berlekamp the best known
The best known is the American mathematician Elwyn Berlekamp, with articles in 25 languages. Births since 1970 account for 4 of the names. Athletes make up the largest group, 11 of them. Over 136 years of births, the list goes from Al Mays (1865) to Hunter Armstrong (2001).
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Elwyn Berlekamp
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1865
Al Mays
Youngest
2001
Hunter Armstrong
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Dover’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Dover’s famous people were born
The 1950s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dover
Counted by languages, Elwyn Berlekamp is ahead of Hunter Armstrong and Elliott Nugent: 25, 21 and 19.
#2
#3Film, TV & Stage
Elliott Nugent
1896–1980American actor, playwright, writer, and film director
19 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Dover is known for
Dover has 1.4× the usual share of athletes.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Dover
The rest number 19, with 10 athletes among them.
Herald F. Stout
1903–1987NotableWikipedia ↗
Jimmy Baker
born 1980American contemporary painter, drummer for TEMPLE, and adjunct professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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The fullest list close by belongs to New Philadelphia, with 14.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dover 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)
- Hunter Armstrong: INVMANMOM, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elliott Nugent: MGM, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zack Space: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith Rickert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vic Gilliam: Oregon Secretary of State, distributed to voters without a copyright notice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Mays: Kalamazoo Bats, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Rohrer: Free use portrait from his Gubernatorial campaign, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Baker: Blackblock, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons