#1Music
Kurt Cobain
1967–1994American rock musician, singer and songwriter
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Famous people · Aberdeen
Musicians stand out among the 31 famous people born in Aberdeen
With articles in 128 languages, Kurt Cobain is the most widely known. Douglas Osheroff is second and Bryan Danielson third. Between 1920 and 1969, 26 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 18.1, while at least half the towns in Washington list nobody born there.
Born here
31
notable people
Best known
Kurt Cobain
in 128 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Pete Naktenis
Youngest
1981
Bryan Danielson
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
What stands out about Aberdeen’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Aberdeen
Ranked by languages covered: Kurt Cobain with 128, then Douglas Osheroff with 63 and Bryan Danielson with 41.
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What Aberdeen is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 2.4 times.
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 Aberdeen’s famous people were born
The 1930s saw the most births of any decade: 9.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineBusinessFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Aberdeen
The other 28 span the years 1914 to 1971.
Robert Motherwell
1915–1991American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker
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Stephen L. Harris
1937–2019American academic and Professor of Humanities and Religious Studies
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Marjorie Bear Don't Walk
born 1946Ojibwe/Salish health care administrator, nutritionist and fashion designer
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The neighbour with the most names is Hoquiam, at 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Aberdeen 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 (11)
- Kurt Cobain: P.B. Rage from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Osheroff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan Danielson: Megan Elice Meadows, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Friedlander: Genarians, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Simmons: Carl Lender, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Murray: Ryan Georgi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Raymond: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Cowherd: Nacion_ESPN_Deportes.jpg: Nacion ESPN derivative work: Allwham, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Burlingame: The original uploader was AlistairBooya at Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerry L. Alexander: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Vekich: Federal Maritime Commission, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons