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Famous people · Canby
Chester Newton tops a list of 5 famous people born in Canby
Articles in 15 languages make the Olympic wrestler Chester Newton the best known. Behind the leader come Ed Coleman and Ralph Coleman. 4 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. For every 10,000 residents the town has 2.8, while at least half the towns in Oregon list nobody born there.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Chester Newton
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Ralph Coleman
Youngest
1953
Martha Schrader
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Canby
The three best known are all athletes.
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Through the years
When Canby’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1900s come out on top, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Canby is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.3 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Canby 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 (1)
- Ed Coleman: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons