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Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Milan
Milan is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Articles in 6 languages make the American politician Thomas H. Armstrong the best known. Nancy Ford Cones, the American photographer, comes second, with Roy Hughes Williams third. Over 45 years of births, the list goes from Thomas H. Armstrong (1829) to Roy Hughes Williams (1874). The biggest group are leaders: 3.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Thomas H. Armstrong
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1829
Thomas H. Armstrong
Youngest
1874
Roy Hughes Williams
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Milan
Thomas H. Armstrong has articles in 6 languages, Nancy Ford Cones in 5 and Roy Hughes Williams in 3.
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Politics & Law
Roy Hughes Williams
1874–1946Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio
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Through the years
When Milan’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1820s, at 1.
Politics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Milan is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 3.6 times.
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 Milan
1 more, best known first.
Augustus L. Armstrong
1833–1873American politician – Minnesota -House 1866 (District 16); Senate 1867-68 (District 16); House 1869 (District 16)
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Milan 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.