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Famous people · Wellington
4 famous people call Wellington their birthplace
At the top of the list is the major League Baseball player Jack Wadsworth, covered in 3 languages. Leonard Warden Bonney, the American aviator, comes second, with William Byron Colver third. The oldest name on the list belongs to Jack Wadsworth, born in 1867, the newest to Ken Onion, born in 1963. For every 10,000 residents the town has 8.7, while at least half the towns in Ohio list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Jack Wadsworth
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1867
Jack Wadsworth
Youngest
1963
Ken Onion
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Wellington
The three are covered in 3, 3 and 2 languages: Jack Wadsworth, Leonard Warden Bonney and William Byron Colver.
#2
#3Writing & Arts
William Byron Colver
1870–1926American journalist and public official
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Wellington’s famous people were born
The 1860s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
SportsMilitaryWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wellington is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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 Wellington
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Huntington Township has the most on record: one.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wellington 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 (4)
- Leonard Warden Bonney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Byron Colver: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Onion: Mike Searson, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Myron Timothy Herrick: Edmondson, George Mountain, 1866-1948, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons