#1Faith
Francis Carl Rowinski
1918–1990Bishops of the Polish National Catholic Church
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Famous people · Dickson City
4 famous people call Dickson City their birthplace
Articles in 3 languages make the bishops of the Polish National Catholic Church Francis Carl Rowinski the best known. The American baseball player Frank Parkinson ranks second, ahead of Joe Glenn. The first birth on record is Frank Parkinson’s, in 1895, and the last Frank Zitterman’s, in 1932. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 6.6 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Francis Carl Rowinski
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Frank Parkinson
Youngest
1932
Frank Zitterman
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Dickson City
Francis Carl Rowinski, Frank Parkinson and Joe Glenn are written about in 3, 3 and 3 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Dickson City’s famous people were born
The 1910s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
SportsFaithPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Dickson City is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Dickson City
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dickson City 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 (5)
- Francis Carl Rowinski: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Parkinson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Glenn: Boston Red Sox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Crowley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Minish: The Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons