#1Famous people · Doylestown
2 famous people call Doylestown their birthplace
Edward Thomson Fairchild, the college president, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The list has one more: the American football player and coach Reaves H. Baysinger. The oldest name on the list belongs to Edward Thomson Fairchild, born in 1854, the newest to Reaves H. Baysinger, born in 1902. No town in Ohio lists more than Warren, with 54.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Edward Thomson Fairchild
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1854
Edward Thomson Fairchild
Youngest
1902
Reaves H. Baysinger
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Doylestown
#1RB#2
Sports
Reaves H. Baysinger
1902–1994American football player and coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Doylestown 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 (1)
- Edward Thomson Fairchild: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons