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Famous people · Auburn
17 famous people were born in Auburn, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Tobi Vail, the American musician, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Second place goes to the American basketball player Blair Rasmussen, third to Danny Shelton. 7 were born in 1970 or later. The earliest on the list is James A. Andersen, born in 1924, and the youngest Harrison Maurus, born in 2000.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Tobi Vail
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1924
James A. Andersen
Youngest
2000
Harrison Maurus
Most common field
Sports
8 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Auburn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Auburn’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicFaithMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Auburn
Two of the three are athletes.
BR#2
#3Known for
What Auburn is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.3 times as common.
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 Auburn
Another 14, 6 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Auburn home
One more notable person made the town home: Eric Barone.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 3 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Auburn 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 (9)
- Danny Shelton: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James A. Andersen: Vibert Jeffers .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);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Linda J. Bird: Richard L. Oasen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Fairclough: Alaska Senate Majority, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Tanner: Talladega87, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Barone: Treefort Music Fest, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- PZ Myers: Larry Moran (Per e-mail to PZ Myers), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaden McDaniels: Ron Sellers from Alameda, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Joe Phelps: https://www.flickr.com/people/41894173617@N01 Johndan Johnson-Eilola, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons