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Famous people · McConnellsburg

McConnellsburg’s famous people span 160 years: 4 births from 1825 to 1985

Most widely known is Jordan Ott, the American basketball coach, with articles in 5 languages. Behind the leader come Coley McCabe and Jacob Hoke. Jordan Ott, the best known, was born in 1985. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all.

Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Jordan Ott
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1825
Jacob Hoke
Youngest
1985
Jordan Ott
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in McConnellsburg

Counted by languages, Jordan Ott is ahead of Coley McCabe and Jacob Hoke: 5, 3 and 2.

JO#1
Sports

Jordan Ott

born 1985

American basketball coach

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
CM#2
Music

Coley McCabe

American musician

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JH#3
Writing & Arts

Jacob Hoke

1825–1893

American historian

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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What McConnellsburg is known for

Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.

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Everyone

Everyone else born in McConnellsburg

1 more, best known first.

TP

Tom Peck

born 1953

American stock car racing driver

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McConnellsburg 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.