#1Writing & Arts
Rita Mae Brown
born 1944Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
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Famous people · Hanover
15 famous people were born in Hanover, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Rita Mae Brown is the best known, with articles in 34 languages. Second and third on the list are Ann Roth and John Luther Long. The first birth on record is Christian Gobrecht’s, in 1785, and the last Dan Moul’s, in 1950. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Rita Mae Brown
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1785
Christian Gobrecht
Youngest
1950
Dan Moul
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known
Born in Hanover
Rita Mae Brown, Ann Roth and John Luther Long are written about in 34, 15 and 12 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Hanover’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 3 births.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Hanover is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 3.4 times.
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 Hanover
Another 12, 4 of them athletes.
Adaline Hohf Beery
1859–1929American author, newspaper editor, songbook compiler, hymnwriter
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hanover 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)
- Rita Mae Brown: Peter Cunningham, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Luther Long: Not stated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Milton Miller: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Gobrecht: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Alban: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Spencer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adaline Hohf Beery: Beery, Adaline Hohf, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons