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Famous people · Bellevue
8 famous people were born in Bellevue, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Philip Childs Keenan, the American astronomer, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. More are athletes than anything else, 4 in all. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 9.8 for every 10,000 residents. Births span 1836 to 1945, from Thomas McKee Bayne to Tom Sherman.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Philip Childs Keenan
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1836
Thomas McKee Bayne
Youngest
1945
Tom Sherman
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Bellevue
Languages with an article: 12 for Philip Childs Keenan, 6 for Thomas McKee Bayne, 4 for Sam Parks, Jr..
#2Military
Thomas McKee Bayne
1836–1894Union United States Army officer and politician
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Bellevue’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsScience & MedicineMilitaryFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bellevue is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.4 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bellevue
Here are 5 more, born from 1893 to 1945.
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Famous people from the towns next door
3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bellevue 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 (7)
- Thomas McKee Bayne: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Parks, Jr.: Los Angeles Daily News, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charley Barrett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucian Leape: Bill Ravanesi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Warhol: Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Musmanno: OMGUS Military Tribunal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert J. Corbett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons