#1Famous people · Duquesne
Of the 22 famous people born in Duquesne, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the American jazz pianist Earl Hines, covered in 32 languages. Alex Shigo and George Washington White follow. From Rube Sellers to Lafayette Pitts, the births on the list run from 1881 to 1992. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 42.7 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Earl Hines
in 32 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Rube Sellers
Youngest
1992
Lafayette Pitts
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about Duquesne’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Duquesne is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Duquesne
The three are covered in 32, 5 and 4 languages: Earl Hines, Alex Shigo and George Washington White.
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#3Politics & Law
George Washington White
1931–2011United States federal judge
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Duquesne’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 5 births.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Duquesne
The other 19 span the years 1881 to 1992.
Dave Maurer
1932–2011American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
SportsWikipedia ↗
Martha Farkas Glaser
1921–2014American civil rights activist and music historian
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is McKeesport’s, at 60 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Duquesne 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 (9)
- Earl Hines: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Shigo: Max Wahrhaftig, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Washington White: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Phillip Bonosky: Gabero.88, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Pilipovich: U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Scarry: Case Western Reserve University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lafayette Pitts: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Keith Louden: Maynard, Harold B. ed., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aline MacMahon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons