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Famous people · Garland
Garland is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Jay Van Noy, the baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. Behind the leader come Wayne C. Grover and Gaylen C. Hansen. The list runs from Wayne C. Grover, born in 1906, to Jay Van Noy, born in 1928. For every 10,000 residents there are 15 on the list, well above the typical Utah town’s 0.5.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Jay Van Noy
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Wayne C. Grover
Youngest
1928
Jay Van Noy
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Garland
The three are covered in 3, 3 and 2 languages: Jay Van Noy, Wayne C. Grover and Gaylen C. Hansen.
#2GH#3
Through the years
When Garland’s famous people were born
3 were born between 1920 and 1969, and the 1920s alone saw 3.
SportsNotableWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Garland 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 Garland
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Tremonton’s, with 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Garland 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 (3)
- Wayne C. Grover: The U.S. National Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Verl Lillywhite: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jay Silvester: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons