#1Writing & Arts
Beverly Cleary
1916–2021American writer of children's books
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Famous people · McMinnville
17 famous people were born in McMinnville, more of them performers than in most towns
The best known is the American writer of children's books Beverly Cleary, with articles in 31 languages. Second place goes to the American high jumper Joni Huntley, third to Ehren McGhehey. 13 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Beverly Cleary
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1910
Raemer Schreiber
Youngest
1998
Zayne Emory
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about McMinnville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What McMinnville is known for
Performers stand out most, at 2.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When McMinnville’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 5 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in McMinnville
Beverly Cleary leads with articles in 31 languages, ahead of Joni Huntley (17) and Ehren McGhehey (16).
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Everyone else born in McMinnville
14 more names, born between 1910 and 1998.
Troy Calhoun
born 1966American college football player, college football coach, U.S. Air Force officer
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A chosen home
Also called McMinnville home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by David Kherdian.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McMinnville 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 (14)
- Beverly Cleary: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joni Huntley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ehren McGhehey: Incase from California, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zayne Emory: Actorsandactors, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Vinton: David Loitz via Cre8con, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Bunn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raemer Schreiber: Federal Government of the United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Stevens: AKSenMajority, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Brock: Milwaukee Brewers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Casey: Employee photographer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ross Shafer: Aeearley, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy Calhoun: Mike Kaplan. Cropped by User:Blueag9., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Verne Duncan: Marion County Dept. of Elections, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Kherdian: Chromes45, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons