#1Politics & Law
Florence Harding
1860–1924First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923
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Famous people · Marion
26 famous people were born in Marion, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Best known of all is Florence Harding, written about in 42 languages. William H. James, born in 1831, is the earliest name and Brandon Francis, born in 1981, the latest. Fewer than a quarter of the 714 towns in Ohio with famous people list more. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names.
Born here
26
notable people
Best known
Florence Harding
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1831
William H. James
Youngest
1981
Brandon Francis
Most common field
Sports
10 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Marion’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Marion
First, Florence Harding (42 languages), then Norman Thomas (21) and Doug Sharp (16).
#1NT#2
Faith
Norman Thomas
1884–1968American Presbyterian minister and socialist
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Through the years
When Marion’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableWriting & ArtsFaithBusinessMusicFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Marion is known for
10 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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 Marion
23 more, 9 of them athletes.
O. J. McDuffie
born 1969All-American college football player, professional football player, wide receiver
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Robert L. Rausch
1921–2012American parasitologist, mammalogist and university professor
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Robert B. Mautz
1915–1996American lawyer, law professor, university administrator, state university system chancellor
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Marion home
One more notable person made the town home: Gallagher.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marion 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 (7)
- Florence Harding: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aubrey Huff: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nan Britton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Richard Crissinger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John A. Key: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant E. Mouser, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gallagher: derivative work: Nightscream Gallagher_comedian.jpg: Original uploader was Malicedoom at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons