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Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Sayre
Athletes stand out among the 6 famous people born in Sayre
At the top of the list is the American sportscaster Colleen Dominguez, covered in 3 languages. Grover Powell and Jeff Terpko follow. The largest group, 5, was born between 1920 and 1969. For every 10,000 residents the town has 11, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Colleen Dominguez
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
Robert B. Redman
Youngest
1960
Colleen Dominguez
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Sayre’s famous people
Through the years
When Sayre’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sayre
The three best known are all athletes.
GP#2
JT#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sayre
3 more, from 1908 to 1959.
No one matches both filters.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Athens, with 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sayre 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 (1)
- Joshua Reed Giddings: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons