#1Famous people · Lancaster
Lancaster is the birthplace of 4 famous people
At the top of the list is the American baseball player Gene Moore, covered in 4 languages. The next two names are Jacques Reeves and Adrian Madise. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 1, close to the 0.7 of the typical Texas town. The biggest group are athletes: 4.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Gene Moore
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Gene Moore
Youngest
1982
Jacques Reeves
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Lancaster
All three are athletes.
#1JR#2
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Through the years
When Lancaster’s famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Lancaster
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 2 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lancaster 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)
- Gene Moore: Play Ball cards, published by Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Walsh: Gamecock Central, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons