#1Sarah Jessica Parker leads the 8 famous people born in Nelsonville
81 languages have an article about the American actress Sarah Jessica Parker. Pamela S. Soltis is second and James B. Preston third. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 5 of them. Born in 1894, Robert T. Oestreicher is the first name on record, and Catherine Woolley, born in 1965, the most recent.
What stands out about Nelsonville’s famous people
Born in Nelsonville
Sarah Jessica Parker has articles in 81 languages, Pamela S. Soltis in 9 and James B. Preston in 3.
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#3When Nelsonville’s famous people were born
The 1960s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Nelsonville is known for
The largest field is Science & Medicine, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Nelsonville
Here are 5 more, born from 1894 to 1965.

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Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Buchtel: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Nelsonville 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)
- Sarah Jessica Parker: Library of Congress Life, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pamela S. Soltis: Siobhan Leachman, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- James B. Preston: SUNY Upstate Medical University Medical Photography Unit, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert T. Oestreicher: Columbus Citizen-Journal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons