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The Miz
born 1980American professional wrestler, actor and television personality
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Famous people · Parma
Athletes stand out among the 21 famous people born in Parma
The Miz is the best known, with articles in 43 languages. Second place goes to the American astronaut Michael T. Good, third to Alex Nedeljkovic. More than half were born since 1970, 11 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 708 towns in Ohio with famous people list more.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
The Miz
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
Jeremiah Wallace Baldock
Youngest
1996
Alex Nedeljkovic
Most common field
Sports
12 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Parma’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Parma’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 6.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Parma
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2AN#3
Known for
What Parma is known for
Parma has 1.6× 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 Parma
Another 18, 10 of them athletes.
Carmen Cozza
1930–2018American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
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A chosen home
Also called Parma home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Parma, though born elsewhere.
Richard S. Varga
1928–2022American mathematician specialized in numerical analysis and numerical linear algebra
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The best known from each town bordering Parma.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Parma 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 (11)
- The Miz: Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael T. Good: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Fritsche: Resolute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dan Huberty: Patrick Feller from Humble, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Hiller: Robert C. Youngs, Jr., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ishiyama: Jtiresearch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan J. Bell: zooterkin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard S. Varga: Konrad Jacobs, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Hufsey: Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Nanchoff: Wwongbc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ash by Elegance: Laya07011, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons