CM#1
Famous people · Albany
9 famous people were born in Albany, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Most widely known is Carol Menken-Schaudt, the American basketball player, with articles in 12 languages. The earliest on the list is Minnie Mossman Hill, born in 1863, and the youngest Kim Walker-Smith, born in 1981. Half or more of the towns in Oregon have no one on record, but this one has 1.6 for every 10,000 residents. Only 23 of the 135 towns in Oregon with anyone on record list more.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Carol Menken-Schaudt
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
Minnie Mossman Hill
Youngest
1981
Kim Walker-Smith
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
The best known
Born in Albany
Counted by languages, Carol Menken-Schaudt is ahead of J. Arthur Younger and Kim Walker-Smith: 12, 7 and 5.
#2Politics & Law
J. Arthur Younger
1893–1967American politician, college athletics administrator
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Albany’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 2.
Politics & LawNotableSportsMusicScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Albany is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 1.6 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 Albany
Another 6, 2 of them leaders.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Albany home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Alan L. Hart.
Jo Rae Perkins
born 1956American Republican party political candidate and QAnon supporter
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Albany?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Albany’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Albany 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)
- J. Arthur Younger: California State Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kim Walker-Smith: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence T. Harris: Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Minnie Mossman Hill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jo Rae Perkins: kevstir, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons