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Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Cleveland
2 famous people call Cleveland their birthplace
Jason Grimsley, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The only other name is the American-Football player Cedric Reed. The first birth on record is Jason Grimsley’s, in 1967, and the last Cedric Reed’s, in 1992. No town in Texas lists more than Beaumont, with 63.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Jason Grimsley
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1967
Jason Grimsley
Youngest
1992
Cedric Reed
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Cleveland
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cleveland 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.