#1Famous people · Annandale
Most of the 8 famous people born in Annandale came into the world between 1920 and 1969
The best known is the American soccer player Bill Hamid, with articles in 19 languages. Behind the leader come Glen Scantlebury and Carl Strong. The oldest name on the list belongs to Omer L. Hirst, born in 1913, the newest to Bill Hamid, born in 1990. Per head, the list is long: 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Virginia has 0.1.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Bill Hamid
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
Omer L. Hirst
Youngest
1990
Bill Hamid
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Annandale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Annandale’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Annandale
Two of the three are athletes.
#1GS#2
Film, TV & Stage
Glen Scantlebury
born 1955American film editor, director, and screenwriter
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Known for
What Annandale is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.4 times the usual share.
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 Annandale
5 more, from 1913 to 1959.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Annandale home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, James Walkinshaw the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 1 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Annandale 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 (5)
- Bill Hamid: Steindy 21:42, 22 November 2013 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fawn Hall: Mary Anne Fackelman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas G. McMahon: Jjlin100, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Walkinshaw: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Cepollina: Goddard News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons