#1Famous people · Wynnewood
The 4 famous people born in Wynnewood, led by Wayne Ellington
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Wayne Ellington, covered in 23 languages. John Langdon and Liz Whitney Tippett follow. Half or more of the towns in Pennsylvania have no one on record, but this one has 14.5 for every 10,000 residents. Only 247 of the 995 towns in Pennsylvania with anyone on record list more.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Wayne Ellington
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Liz Whitney Tippett
Youngest
1987
Wayne Ellington
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Wynnewood
Wayne Ellington, John Langdon and Liz Whitney Tippett are written about in 23, 7 and 4 languages.
#1JL#2
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Through the years
When Wynnewood’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 1 births.
SportsNotableBusinessWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Wynnewood is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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 Wynnewood
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Narberth has the longest list next door: 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wynnewood 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 (3)
- Wayne Ellington: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rebecca Rutstein: Rebecca McAlpin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hickenlooper: Renee Bouchard, United States Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons