#1Business
John Browning
1855–1926Firearms designer of the United States
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Famous people · Ogden
Of the 50 famous people born in Ogden, an unusual share are business people
Articles in 51 languages make the firearms designer of the United states John Browning the best known. Second and third on the list are Hal Ashby and Donny Osmond. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 32 of them. Among the 120 towns in Utah with famous people on record, the town ranks 3rd.
Born here
50
notable people
Best known
John Browning
in 51 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
John Browning
Youngest
1996
Brekkott Chapman
Most common field
Sports
11 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Ogden’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Ogden is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is business people, at 3.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Ogden
Counted by languages, John Browning is ahead of Hal Ashby and Donny Osmond: 51, 33 and 32.
#1HA#2
Film, TV & Stage
Hal Ashby
1929–1988American film director and film editor
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#3Music
Donny Osmond
born 1957American singer, dancer, actor, and television host
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Through the years
When Ogden’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 9.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineBusinessMusicNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ogden
Still to come: 47 more, from 1868 to 1996.
Rodney Bagley
1934–2023American engineer and co-inventor of the catalytic converter
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William W. Norton
1925–2010Screenwrighter, gun smuggler and former communist
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A chosen home
Also called Ogden home
One more notable person made the town home: Lindsey Anderson.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, North Ogden has the most people on record, 3 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ogden 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 (18)
- John Browning: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donny Osmond: Michael Schamis from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brent Scowcroft: Nixon presidential Library archive, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron Scott: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie Osmond: Sgt. Amber I. Smith, U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Cruze: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John R. Curtis: United States House of Representatives Office of Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Olene S. Walker: Embassy of the United States to New Zealand, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gedde Watanabe: Rob DiCaterino, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marguerite Clayton: Kromo Gravure Photo Co. out of Detroit, Michigan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Moroni Olsen: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tanoka Beard: Juliux, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Chambers: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Nichols: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Solon Borglum: Hollinger & Co., Photographers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tracy Hall: Brigham Young University. News Bureau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Orton: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Willard Marriott: USGov-DOL, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons