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Wrightsville Historic District · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Famous people · Wrightsville
Wrightsville is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Most widely known is Danyelle Wolf, the American boxer and mixed martial artist, with articles in 2 languages. The next two names are Gene Crumling and Jon Witman. 3 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. Francis S. Filbey, born in 1907, is the earliest name and Danyelle Wolf, born in 1983, the latest.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Danyelle Wolf
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1907
Francis S. Filbey
Youngest
1983
Danyelle Wolf
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Wrightsville
Danyelle Wolf has articles in 2 languages, Gene Crumling in 2 and Jon Witman in 2.
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Through the years
When Wrightsville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
SportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wrightsville is known for
Wrightsville has 2.1× the usual share of athletes.
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 Wrightsville
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wrightsville 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.