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Famous people · Electra

5 famous people were born in Electra

Dick Adkins, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Behind the leader come Ivan Davis and Louis Bettcher. The largest group, 4, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list runs from Louis Bettcher, born in 1914, to Nancy Foster, born in 1941.

Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Dick Adkins
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Louis Bettcher
Youngest
1941
Nancy Foster
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Electra

Ranked by languages covered: Dick Adkins with 6, then Ivan Davis with 6 and Louis Bettcher with 1.

DA#1
Sports

Dick Adkins

1920–1955

American baseball player

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
ID#2
Music

Ivan Davis

1932–2018

American musician

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
LB#3
Science & Medicine

Louis Bettcher

1914–1999

American inventor

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Electra’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000
SportsScience & MedicineMusic

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Electra is known for

Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.

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 Electra

Still to come: 2 more, from 1924 to 1941.

NF

Nancy Foster

1941–2000

Marine biologist

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
RE

Ray Evans

1924–2008

American football player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Electra 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.