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Famous people · Tallmadge

8 famous people were born in Tallmadge, most of them in the early republic

Delia Bacon is the best known, with articles in 17 languages. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.4, while at least half the towns in Ohio list nobody born there. Fewer than a quarter of the 753 towns in Ohio with famous people list more.

#1 best knownDelia BaconWriting & Arts · 1811–1859
+4more
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Delia Bacon
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
Delia Bacon
Youngest
1983
Mike Bettes
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people

What stands out about Tallmadge’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Tallmadge’s famous people were born

The busiest decade was the 1850s, with 2 births.

A new nationMills & railroadsThe American centuryToday18001850190019502000Dave ZieglerGeorge W. Crouse
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawBusinessSportsNotable

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Tallmadge

Counted by languages, Delia Bacon is ahead of George W. Crouse and Sereno Peck Fenn: 17, 7 and 4.

Delia Bacon#1
Writing & Arts

Delia Bacon

1811–1859

American author best known for her work on Shakespearean authorship

17 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
George W. Crouse#2
Politics & Law

George W. Crouse

1832–1912

American politician

7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
SF#3
Business

Sereno Peck Fenn

1844–1927

American businessman

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for

What Tallmadge is known for

Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.

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 Tallmadge

Another 5, the earliest born in 1850.

Mike Bettes

Mike Bettes

born 1983

American meteorologist

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
WM

William F. McNagny

1850–1923

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Dave Ziegler

Dave Ziegler

born 1977

American football executive

DK

Dean Keener

born 1965

American basketball player-coach

MP

Martha Edgerton Rolfe Plassmann

1850–1936

American feminist and socialist

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tallmadge 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.

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