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Famous people · Shelby
Most of the 9 famous people born in Shelby came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Larry Siegfried, the American basketball player, with articles in 13 languages. The ohio jurist Augustus N. Summers ranks second, ahead of Larry Baker. Born in 1841, Elmira Y. Howard is the first name on record, and Tim Ginter, born in 1955, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 10.2, while at least half the towns in Ohio list nobody born there.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Larry Siegfried
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1841
Elmira Y. Howard
Youngest
1955
Tim Ginter
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Shelby
The three are covered in 13, 4 and 4 languages: Larry Siegfried, Augustus N. Summers and Larry Baker.
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Through the years
When Shelby’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 2.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Shelby is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
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 Shelby
6 more, best known first.
Whiting Williams
1878–1975American writer (1878–1975); co-founder of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland
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Roger Brucker
born 1929Leading American cave explorer and author of books about caves
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shelby 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)
- Augustus N. Summers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Ginter: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whiting Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmira Y. Howard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons