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Famous people · Marysville

Cornelia Cole Fairbanks tops a list of 8 famous people born in Marysville

Best known of all is Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, written about in 11 languages. Arnold Nordsieck, the American physicist, comes second, with Thomas B. Ward third. The largest group, 3, was born between 1920 and 1969. Half or more of the towns in Ohio have no one on record, but this one has 2.9 for every 10,000 residents.

#1 best knownCornelia Cole FairbanksNotable · 1852–1913
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Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Cornelia Cole Fairbanks
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Thomas B. Ward
Youngest
1980
Eric Aiken
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people

What stands out about Marysville’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Marysville’s famous people were born

More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 2.

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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Marysville

Three names lead: Cornelia Cole Fairbanks (11 languages), Arnold Nordsieck (6) and Thomas B. Ward (6).

Cornelia Cole Fairbanks#1
Notable

Cornelia Cole Fairbanks

1852–1913

Second Lady of the United States from 1905 to 1909

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AN#2
Science & Medicine

Arnold Nordsieck

1911–1971

American physicist

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Thomas B. Ward#3
Politics & Law

Thomas B. Ward

1835–1892

American politician

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Known for

What Marysville is known for

The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.8 times.

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Everyone else born in Marysville

The other 5 span the years 1892 to 1980.

DH

Darren Hall

born 1964

American baseball player

DP

Dorothy Liggett Pelanda

born 1956

American politician

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Robert S. Beightler

Robert S. Beightler

1892–1978

American Major General who served in WW II

Tracy M. Richardson

Tracy M. Richardson

born 1965

Member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marysville 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 (4)
  • Cornelia Cole Fairbanks: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Thomas B. Ward: Charles Elmer Rice, author. Aden Pim & Sons (Damascus, OH), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Robert S. Beightler: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
  • Tracy M. Richardson: Image courtesy of the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons