#1Famous people · Millersville
From 1815 to 1970, Millersville was the birthplace of 4 famous people
Articles in 9 languages make the American basketball player Wally Walker the best known. Second and third on the list are Abraham Herr Smith and Chris Apple. The list’s best known name, Wally Walker, dates from 1954. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Wally Walker
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1815
Abraham Herr Smith
Youngest
1970
Chris Apple
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Millersville
The three are covered in 9, 6 and 3 languages: Wally Walker, Abraham Herr Smith and Chris Apple.
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Through the years
When Millersville’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Millersville is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 Millersville
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Millersville 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 (2)
- Wally Walker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Herr Smith: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons