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Famous people · Solon
8 famous people from Solon, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Dallas Lauderdale, covered in 6 languages. The next two names are Donald Dewey and Drew Carter. More than half were born since 1970, 5 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 705 towns in Ohio with famous people list more.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Dallas Lauderdale
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1852
Georgia T. Robertson
Youngest
1993
Ross Martin
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Solon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Solon’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Solon is known for
Solon has 1.8× 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.
The best known
Born in Solon
Dallas Lauderdale, Donald Dewey and Drew Carter are written about in 6, 4 and 4 languages.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Solon 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 (3)
- Georgia T. Robertson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Sumerak: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James A. Garfield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons