#1Writing & Arts
Neal Brennan
born 1973American writer, comedian, and producer
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Famous people · Villanova
Villanova’s famous people span 116 years: 8 births from 1881 to 1997
With articles in 9 languages, Neal Brennan is the most widely known. Since 1970, 4 were born, the most of any period. Neal Brennan, the best known, was born in 1973. Athletes make up the largest group, 4 of them.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Neal Brennan
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Albert Eugene Gallatin
Youngest
1997
Margaux Paolino
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Villanova’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Villanova’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1970s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Villanova
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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#2Writing & Arts
Albert Eugene Gallatin
1881–1952American artist and art collector
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#3Known for
What Villanova is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 3.7 times as common.
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 Villanova
The rest number 5, with 3 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Villanova home
4 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Paul Gyorgy the best known.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Rosemont has the longest list next door: 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Villanova 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 (8)
- Neal Brennan: Mandee Johnson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Eugene Gallatin: unknopwn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colby Cohen: David_Warsofsky_and_Colby_Cohen.jpg: goaliej54 derivative work: Avaholic, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles W. Thayer: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill McDermott: SAP, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard L. Morgan: SilentBobxy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angel Piccirillo: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Eleanora Knopf: U.S. Geological Survey - Public domain image, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons