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Famous people · Versailles
Versailles’ famous people span 120 years: 4 births from 1874 to 1994
Most widely known is Bob Brown, the American basketball player, with articles in 7 languages. The MLB catcher Fred Abbott ranks second, ahead of Sam Prakel. Half or more of the towns in Ohio have no one on record, but this one has 14.7 for every 10,000 residents. 3 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Bob Brown
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Fred Abbott
Youngest
1994
Sam Prakel
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Versailles
The three best known are all athletes.
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#3Through the years
When Versailles’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Versailles is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.1 times.
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 Versailles
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Versailles 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)
- Fred Abbott: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Prakel: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron A. Stover: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons