#1Famous people · Cottage Grove
4 famous people come from Cottage Grove, Dennis Dunaway the best known
Dennis Dunaway leads the list, covered in 12 languages. Close behind are Steve M. Thompson and Everett W. Holstrom. The oldest name on the list belongs to Everett W. Holstrom, born in 1916, the newest to Dennis Dunaway, born in 1946. For every 10,000 residents the town has 3.7, while at least half the towns in Oregon list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Dennis Dunaway
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
Everett W. Holstrom
Youngest
1946
Dennis Dunaway
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Cottage Grove
Dennis Dunaway, Steve M. Thompson and Everett W. Holstrom are written about in 12, 4 and 2 languages.
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#2Politics & Law
Steve M. Thompson
born 1944American politician in Alaska
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Cottage Grove’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
MusicPolitics & LawMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cottage Grove is known for
1 of them work in Music, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cottage Grove 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 (3)
- Dennis Dunaway: Hunter-Desportes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve M. Thompson: James Brooks, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett W. Holstrom: USAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons