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Famous people · Dresden
The 6 famous people born in Dresden, led by Popeye Jones
Articles in 10 languages make the American basketball player Popeye Jones the best known. Lin Dunn, the American basketball coach, comes second, with Mike Pyle third. In the early republic, 3 were born, the most of any period. The list runs from William F. Slemons, born in 1830, to Mike Pyle, born in 1975.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Popeye Jones
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1830
William F. Slemons
Youngest
1975
Mike Pyle
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Dresden
Two of the three are athletes.
#2
#3Through the years
When Dresden’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dresden is known for
Dresden has 2.4× the usual share of leaders.
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 Dresden
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dresden 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)
- Lin Dunn: Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Pyle: MMA Fight, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rice Alexander Pierce: The Neale Company (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William D. Vincent: "The Anaconda Standard" (Anaconda, Montana)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William F. Slemons: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons