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Famous people · Wyncote
6 famous people were born in Wyncote from 1877 to 1990
Eddie Applegate, the American artist, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Second place goes to the American football player Nick Moody, third to Eliza Newkirk Rogers. 4 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. The list’s best known name, Eddie Applegate, dates from 1935.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Eddie Applegate
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
Eliza Newkirk Rogers
Youngest
1990
Nick Moody
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Wyncote
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Wyncote’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1900s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wyncote is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
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 Wyncote
3 more, 2 of them athletes.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Abington Township has the most on record: 56.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wyncote 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 (5)
- Nick Moody: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Fox: anna Hanks from Austin, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madeleine Dean: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Brecker: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Su: Jennifersu, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons