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Politics & Law
Tony Perkins
born 1963Christian political figure in the United States
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Famous people · Cleveland
4 famous people call Cleveland their birthplace
Best known of all is Tony Perkins, written about in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Robbie Nichols and Billy Vessels. The oldest name on the list belongs to Glen Moulder, born in 1917, the newest to Tony Perkins, born in 1963. The list comes to 12.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 6.2 in the typical town in Oklahoma.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Tony Perkins
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Glen Moulder
Youngest
1963
Tony Perkins
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Cleveland
Two of the three are athletes.
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Billy Vessels
1931–2001Player of American and Canadian football
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Cleveland’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cleveland is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.1 times as common.
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 Cleveland
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cleveland 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 (2)
- Billy Vessels: Ricky Barnard from Oklahoma City, OK, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glen Moulder: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons