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Famous people · North Canton
5 famous people call North Canton their birthplace
Most widely known is Dick Snyder, the American basketball player, with articles in 9 languages. Jeffrey Mylett is second and Joe DeRosa third. Between 1920 and 1969, 3 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is Ray Kolp, born in 1894, and the youngest Joe DeRosa, born in 1957.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Dick Snyder
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Ray Kolp
Youngest
1957
Joe DeRosa
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in North Canton
The three are covered in 9, 4 and 3 languages: Dick Snyder, Jeffrey Mylett and Joe DeRosa.
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#3Through the years
When North Canton’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 2.
SportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What North Canton is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.3 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 North Canton
Of the other 2, 2 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called North Canton home
One more notable person made the town home: Scott Oelslager.
Scott Oelslager
born 1953Member of the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Canton, with 45.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North Canton 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 (5)
- Joe DeRosa: Erik Spoelstra and Joe DeRosa.jpg: Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Kolp: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rabbit Warstler: Gum Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Oelslager: Roseohioresident, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marilyn Manson: Patrick Whitaker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons