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Famous people · Renovo
4 famous people call Renovo their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American baseball player Lee Gamble, covered in 3 languages. Bill Friel and Joe Munson follow. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all. Only 247 of the 999 towns in Pennsylvania with anyone on record list more.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Lee Gamble
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
Bill Friel
Youngest
1929
James E. O'Neill
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Renovo
All three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Renovo’s famous people were born
Most were born in the age of mills and railroads (3); the busiest decade is the 1910s (1).
SportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Renovo is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 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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Everyone else born in Renovo
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Renovo 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)
- Bill Friel: Breisch-Williams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James E. O'Neill: National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons