#1Famous people · Woodburn
4 famous people come from Woodburn, Dorothy Olsen the best known
Most widely known is Dorothy Olsen, the American aviator, with articles in 14 languages. Ray Dodge and Dick Whitman follow. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.4, while at least half the towns in Oregon list nobody born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Dorothy Olsen
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Ray Dodge
Youngest
1977
Jason LaPoint
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Woodburn
Dorothy Olsen, Ray Dodge and Dick Whitman are written about in 14, 4 and 3 languages.
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Through the years
When Woodburn’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1910s, with 1 births.
SportsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Woodburn is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
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 Woodburn
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Woodburn 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)
- Dorothy Olsen: U.S. Air Force photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons