#1Famous people · Stow
The 5 famous people born in Stow, led by Larry Csonka
Articles in 12 languages make the player of American football Larry Csonka the best known. Second place goes to the American basketball player David Walker, third to Ben Speas. More than half were born since 1970, 3 in all. Half or more of the towns in Ohio have no one on record, but this one has 1.5 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Larry Csonka
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1946
Larry Csonka
Youngest
1993
David Walker
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Stow’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Stow’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Stow
All three are athletes.
#1
#2BS#3
Known for
What Stow is known for
Stow has 2.3× 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.
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Everyone else born in Stow
Still to come: 2 more, from 1967 to 1981.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Stow.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stow 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 (7)
- Larry Csonka: Roy Erickson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Walker: Cristina Ruiz - unniks.com, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Treniere Moser: Eckhard Pecher (Arcimboldo), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Dante Lavelli: Bowman (Life time: None), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucius Fairchild: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Delia Bacon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Elbert Burr: George Elbert Burr, CC0, Wikimedia Commons