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Famous people · Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg counts 27 famous people, first among them Maggie Stiefvater
At the top of the list is the American novelist Maggie Stiefvater, covered in 25 languages. The oldest name on the list belongs to James H. Cravens, born in 1802, the newest to Tyler Nickel, born in 2003. The largest group, 12, was born between 1920 and 1969. Per head, the list is long: 5.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Virginia has 0.1.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
Maggie Stiefvater
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1802
James H. Cravens
Youngest
2003
Tyler Nickel
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Harrisonburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Harrisonburg’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Harrisonburg
Maggie Stiefvater, Dell Curry and Ralph Sampson are written about in 25, 24 and 24 languages.
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What Harrisonburg is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 2 times the usual share.
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Everyone else born in Harrisonburg
Of the other 24, 9 are athletes.
Mary Rice Hayes Allen
1875–1935College president, activist for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Harrisonburg 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)
- Dell Curry: Iam_chihang, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ralph Sampson: USDAgov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kristi Toliver: Sergeev Pavel, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John H. Gibbons: Scott Bauer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Bocock: Minda Haas Kuhlmann: flickr, personal website, twitter, instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James H. Cravens: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel B. Avis: Biographical Publishing Company (Chicago, IL), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons