#1Of the 41 famous people born in Aliquippa, an unusual share are athletes
Pete Maravich, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 39 languages. Second and third on the list are Joe Letteri and Darrelle Revis. 14 were born in 1970 or later. The largest group, 22, was born between 1920 and 1969.
What stands out about Aliquippa’s famous people
What Aliquippa is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.9 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
When Aliquippa’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 8.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Aliquippa
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Everyone else born in Aliquippa
Here are 38 more, born from 1895 to 2000.










Francis J. D'Eramo
1959–2009Judge of the United States Virgin Islands Superior Court

Julia Jeter Cleckley
born 1944American army officer (1944- ), first African American female General in the U.S. Army National Guard
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Ambridge lists the most people: 23.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Aliquippa 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 (15)
- Pete Maravich: Robert Kingsbury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Letteri: New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrelle Revis: Jeff Kern, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ty Law: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Press Maravich: Taps staff, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Baldwin: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Suder: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tito Francona: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommie Campbell: original: Paula Livelyderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Anthony: Watchmanonthewall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doc Medich: Texas Rangers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Leonard Steinfeld: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Urban: Abmc, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Schepner: International, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Wuycik: University of North Carolina, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
