#1Famous people · Waynesboro
15 famous people were born in Waynesboro from 1811 to 1968
The best known is the American football player Ed McCaffrey, with articles in 8 languages. Max Bishop, the baseball player and coach, comes second, with John Goucher third. The largest group, 7, was born between 1920 and 1969. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 13.6 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Ed McCaffrey
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1811
Wilson Reilly
Youngest
1968
Ed McCaffrey
Most common field
Sports
7 people
The best known
Born in Waynesboro
By how many languages cover them, Ed McCaffrey comes first (8), then Max Bishop (6) and John Goucher (5).
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When Waynesboro’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 3.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Waynesboro is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.3 times as common.
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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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Waynesboro 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 (6)
- Ed McCaffrey: Denver Police, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Bishop: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Goucher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Bear: Donald Dryer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Barr Snively: The Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Myrl Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons