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Famous people · Upper Sandusky

8 famous people call Upper Sandusky their birthplace

Most widely known is Nate Reinking, the British-American basketball player, with articles in 9 languages. Fewer than a quarter of the 709 towns in Ohio with famous people list more. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names. Over 66 years of births, the list goes from Carl Karcher (1917) to Riordan T. McClain (1983).

#1 best knownNate ReinkingSports · born 1973
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Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Nate Reinking
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Carl Karcher
Youngest
1983
Riordan T. McClain
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people

What stands out about Upper Sandusky’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Upper Sandusky’s famous people were born

More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 2.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Carl KarcherNate Reinking
Politics & LawMilitarySportsBusinessWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine

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

The best known

Born in Upper Sandusky

Counted by languages, Nate Reinking is ahead of Carl Karcher and Gene Logsdon: 9, 5 and 3.

Nate Reinking#1
Sports

Nate Reinking

born 1973

British-American basketball player

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Carl Karcher#2
Business

Carl Karcher

1917–2008

American businessman

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
GL#3
Writing & Arts

Gene Logsdon

1932–2016

American writer and farmer

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for

What Upper Sandusky is known for

Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.

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 Upper Sandusky

Another 5, the earliest born in 1918.

JM

Jeffrey McClain

born 1958

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
RM

Riordan T. McClain

born 1983

American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
JD

Jean Dubos

1918–1988

American environmentalist, 1918-1988

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
TM

Thomas T. Matteson

born 1935

American admiral

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Upper Sandusky 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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