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Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Wilmerding
Wilmerding is the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the American politician Harry J. Davenport, with articles in 4 languages. Second place goes to the American baseball player Jess Cortazzo, third to Walton C. Ament. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all. Over 23 years of births, the list goes from Harry J. Davenport (1902) to Chuck Klausing (1925).
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Harry J. Davenport
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1902
Harry J. Davenport
Youngest
1925
Chuck Klausing
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Wilmerding
First, Harry J. Davenport (4 languages), then Jess Cortazzo (3) and Walton C. Ament (3).
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Through the years
When Wilmerding’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wilmerding is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
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 Wilmerding
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Famous people from the towns next door
Monroeville has the longest list next door: 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wilmerding 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)
- Ron Harper: Ernie Lively (photographer), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons