#1Science & Medicine
Stephanie L. Kwolek
1923–2014American chemist, inventor of Kevlar
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Famous people · New Kensington
19 famous people were born in New Kensington, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Stephanie L. Kwolek is the best known, with articles in 52 languages. Second and third on the list are Eddie Adams and Buddy Jeannette. Over 58 years of births, the list goes from Alexander Frank Bell (1915) to Mike Halapin (1973). The biggest group are athletes: 10.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Stephanie L. Kwolek
in 52 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Alexander Frank Bell
Youngest
1973
Mike Halapin
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about New Kensington’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in New Kensington
Stephanie L. Kwolek has articles in 52 languages, Eddie Adams in 31 and Buddy Jeannette in 16.
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#3Through the years
When New Kensington’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 5 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What New Kensington is known for
New Kensington has 2.7× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
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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Everyone else born in New Kensington
The rest number 16, with 9 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Kensington 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)
- Stephanie L. Kwolek: Staff photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Adams: Bernard Gotfryd, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Jeannette: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Kenneth Hartmann: WGBH and the Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Thomas McKinley: Emckinley69, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evelyn Nesbit: Gertrude Käsebier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pete Babando: Produced by JD Charlie McCarthy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons