#1Famous people · Grove City
10 famous people were born in Grove City, most of them between 1920 and 1969
At the top of the list is the American electric blues guitarist Smokin' Joe Kubek, covered in 8 languages. Jimmy Del Ray is second and Paula Kelly third. For every 10,000 residents the town has 12.8, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there. Births span 1854 to 1969, from Narcissa Edith White Kinney to Carl J Reese.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Smokin' Joe Kubek
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1854
Narcissa Edith White Kinney
Youngest
1969
Carl J Reese
Most common field
Sports
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What stands out about Grove City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Grove City’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Grove City
By how many languages cover them, Smokin' Joe Kubek comes first (8), then Jimmy Del Ray (6) and Paula Kelly (6).
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What Grove City 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.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grove 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 (9)
- Smokin' Joe Kubek: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paula Kelly: CBS Radio/CBS Photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Peters: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert M. Nemkovich: Michcik, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mari K. Eder: United States Department of the Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scot Thompson: Dennis Desprois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl J Reese: Delaney Ashley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Narcissa Edith White Kinney: Narcissa Edith White Kinney, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William McKinley, Sr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons