#1Science & Medicine
Carl Wieman
born 1951Nobel prize winning US physicist
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Famous people · Corvallis
Carl Wieman tops a list of 42 famous people born in Corvallis
Articles in 65 languages make the nobel prize winning US physicist Carl Wieman the best known. 26 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Over 140 years of births, the list goes from Harry Lane (1855) to Amar Alibegović (1995). Births since 1970 account for 10 of the names.
Born here
42
notable people
Best known
Carl Wieman
in 65 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
Harry Lane
Youngest
1995
Amar Alibegović
Most common field
Sports
15 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Corvallis’ famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Corvallis
Carl Wieman, Meredith Brooks and Barbara Roberts are written about in 65, 25 and 17 languages.
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Music
Meredith Brooks
born 1958American singer, songwriter, musician and producer
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#3Politics & Law
Barbara Roberts
born 19361936- American politician (1985-1991 Oregon Secretary of State, member of the Oregon House of Representatives, 1991-1995 Governor of Oregon)
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Through the years
When Corvallis’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 10 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Corvallis is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 15.
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 Corvallis
Still to come: 39 more, from 1855 to 1995.
Harley Jessup
born 1954American production designer and visual effects artist
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A chosen home
Also called Corvallis home
3 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Linus Pauling the best known.
Brad Bird
born 1957American film director, animator, screenwriter and producer
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Corvallis 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 (8)
- Carl Wieman: Tina Hager, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Roberts: Amber Lynn Lane, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- JR Reed: Kate Chadden, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Pebley: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Masters: Mark Dewayne Goins, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Lane: Harris & Ewing. Additional digital editing by Tim Davenport aka Carrite at English Wikipedia, no copyright claimed. Released to the public domain without restriction., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Hoffman: Avco Embassy Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linus Pauling: Nobel Foundation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons