#1Famous people · Clifton
Of the 9 famous people born in Clifton, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 9 languages make the American football player and coach Dan Campbell the best known. Second place goes to the American baseball player Zach Duke, third to Bernie Erickson. 4 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. The list comes to 25.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.7 in the typical town in Texas.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Dan Campbell
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Merritt Mauzey
Youngest
1991
Torrence Allen
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Clifton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Clifton is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Clifton’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Clifton
Dan Campbell has articles in 9 languages, Zach Duke in 8 and Bernie Erickson in 4.
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Everyone else born in Clifton
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clifton 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 (2)
- Dan Campbell: Chrisjnelson at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zach Duke: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons