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Science & Medicine
Richard VanGrunsven
born 1939American aerospace engineer
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Famous people · Forest Grove
Forest Grove is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Richard VanGrunsven, the American aerospace engineer, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The united States Marine Corps officer Anthony E. Van Dyke ranks second, ahead of Travis Baptist. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all. Half or more of the towns in Oregon have no one on record, but this one has 1.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Richard VanGrunsven
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
Norman Ralston
Youngest
1971
Travis Baptist
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Forest Grove
Richard VanGrunsven has articles in 3 languages, Anthony E. Van Dyke in 2 and Travis Baptist in 2.
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Through the years
When Forest Grove’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsScience & MedicineMilitaryBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Forest Grove is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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 Forest Grove
2 more names, born between 1916 and 1935.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Forest Grove home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Forest Grove, though born elsewhere.
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Only Cornelius nearby has a name on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Forest 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 (2)
- Anthony E. Van Dyke: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harvey Whitefield Scott: Buchtel & Stolte (1873-1878), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons