#1Famous people · Wauseon
9 famous people were born in Wauseon, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Articles in 16 languages make the American racing driver Barney Oldfield the best known. Second place goes to the American information theorist and cryptologist James Massey, third to Hal Price. F. Lauriston Bullard, born in 1866, is the earliest name and Stephen Stahl, born in 1951, the latest. More are writers and artists than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Barney Oldfield
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
F. Lauriston Bullard
Youngest
1951
Stephen Stahl
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Wauseon
Ranked by languages covered: Barney Oldfield with 16, then James Massey with 11 and Hal Price with 9.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
James Massey
1934–2013American information theorist and cryptologist
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
HP#3
Through the years
When Wauseon’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 2 births.
Writing & ArtsScience & MedicineSportsFilm, TV & StageBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wauseon is known for
Wauseon has 3.3× the usual share of writers and artists.
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 Wauseon
A further 6 follow, born between 1866 and 1951.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wauseon 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 (5)
- Barney Oldfield: Albert Witzel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Massey: Unbekannt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Neff: BillCramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Mourdock: IN.gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stephen Stahl: Waketonay, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons