#1Famous people · Napoleon
Erik Palmer-Brown tops a list of 7 famous people born in Napoleon
Most widely known is Erik Palmer-Brown, the American soccer player, with articles in 20 languages. Second place goes to the united States federal judge George Philip Hahn, third to Lynn R. Wachtmann. Born in 1879, George Philip Hahn is the first name on record, and Erik Palmer-Brown, born in 1997, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 8, while at least half the towns in Ohio list nobody born there.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Erik Palmer-Brown
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
George Philip Hahn
Youngest
1997
Erik Palmer-Brown
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Napoleon
Ranked by languages covered: Erik Palmer-Brown with 20, then George Philip Hahn with 4 and Lynn R. Wachtmann with 3.
#1
#2Politics & Law
George Philip Hahn
1879–1937United States federal judge
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Napoleon’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawSportsFaithScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Napoleon is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 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 Napoleon
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A chosen home
Also called Napoleon home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Napoleon, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Napoleon 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)
- Erik Palmer-Brown: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Philip Hahn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lynn R. Wachtmann: Ohio General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James M. Hoops: Tliebrecht, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons