#1Famous people · Albany
The 6 famous people born in Albany, led by Chick Halbert
Articles in 12 languages make the American basketball player Chick Halbert the best known. The largest group, 4, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Robert B. Williams (1901) and Ai (1947) mark the two ends of the list. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Chick Halbert
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Robert B. Williams
Youngest
1947
Ai
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Albany
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Albany’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Albany is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, 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 Albany
Still to come: 3 more, from 1901 to 1916.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Albany 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 (4)
- Chick Halbert: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ai: See the ticket in the Permission field below., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert B. Williams: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Dyess: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons