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Famous people · Front Royal
11 famous people from Front Royal, many of them leaders
The best known is the American actor W. K. Stratton, with articles in 6 languages. Robert J. Tracewell, the American politician, comes second, with Dana Allison third. The largest group, 6, was born between 1920 and 1969. Fewer than a quarter of the 270 towns in Virginia with famous people list more.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
W. K. Stratton
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1852
Robert J. Tracewell
Youngest
1973
Michael Tolcher
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Front Royal’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Front Royal is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.6 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Front Royal’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 3.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageMusicScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Front Royal
W. K. Stratton has articles in 6 languages, Robert J. Tracewell in 5 and Dana Allison in 3.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Front Royal
The other 8 span the years 1857 to 1973.
J. Hillis Miller
1899–1953American university president, professor of psychology
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Front Royal 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 (6)
- Robert J. Tracewell: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Delores Riley Oates: Virginia Office of the Governor, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clay Athey: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vastateparksstaff/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- I. B. Laing: Rogers, A.D. .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);box-…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Hillis Miller: University of Florida Digital Collections, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Tolcher: Hellin Kay, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons