#1Famous people · Mingo Junction
4 famous people call Mingo Junction their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American football halfback Harry Wilson, covered in 4 languages. Close behind are Joe Fortunato and John Stozich. Over 28 years of births, the list goes from Harry Wilson (1902) to Joe Fortunato (1930). More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Harry Wilson
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1902
Harry Wilson
Youngest
1930
Joe Fortunato
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Mingo Junction
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Mingo Junction’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1900s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mingo Junction is known for
Mingo Junction has 2.1× the usual share of athletes.
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 Mingo Junction
1 more, best known first.
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Of the towns around it, Steubenville has the most on record: 41.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mingo Junction 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 (2)
- Harry Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Martin: Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons