#1Science & Medicine
Maurice Ewing
1906–1974American geophysicist and oceanographer
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Famous people · Lockney
Lockney counts 6 famous people, first among them Maurice Ewing
Articles in 15 languages make the American geophysicist and oceanographer Maurice Ewing the best known. Garry Templeton is second and Louie Welch third. The largest group, 3, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Over 71 years of births, the list goes from Maurice Ewing (1906) to Damon Washington (1977).
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Maurice Ewing
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Maurice Ewing
Youngest
1977
Damon Washington
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Lockney’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lockney’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lockney
Ranked by languages covered: Maurice Ewing with 15, then Garry Templeton with 8 and Louie Welch with 4.
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What Lockney is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lockney 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)
- Maurice Ewing: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Garry Templeton: Mark Mauno on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louie Welch: University of Houston Digital Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerald F. Keeling: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons