#1Famous people · Vernal
The 13 famous people born in Vernal, led by James Woods
Articles in 79 languages make the American actor James Woods the best known. Second and third on the list are Clair Burgener and Earl W. Bascom. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 10 of them. The list comes to 12.5 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.5 in the typical town in Utah.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
James Woods
in 79 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
William F. Hanson
Youngest
1982
A. J. Murray
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Vernal’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Vernal
Counted by languages, James Woods is ahead of Clair Burgener and Earl W. Bascom: 79, 8 and 7.
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Through the years
When Vernal’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
Writing & ArtsSportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMusicMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Vernal is known for
Vernal has 2.3× the usual share of writers and artists.
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 Vernal
The other 10 span the years 1887 to 1982.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Vernal home
One more notable person made the town home: Kevin T. VanTassell.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Vernal 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 (7)
- James Woods: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clair Burgener: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Kent Hall: Dawn Hall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- E. Gordon Gee: Original uploader was Joebengo at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- A. J. Murray: Jeffrey Hayes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William B. Hansen: Lzksuf90, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin T. VanTassell: Kirstenfrankly, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons