RD#1
Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Elma
3 famous people were born in Elma
Articles in 5 languages make the basketball player Rod Derline the best known. Bud Ward is second and Lloyd Jones third. The first birth on record is Bud Ward’s, in 1913, and the last Rod Derline’s, in 1952. For every 10,000 residents the town has 8.6, while at least half the towns in Washington list nobody born there.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Rod Derline
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
Bud Ward
Youngest
1952
Rod Derline
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Elma
Athletes take two of the three places.
BW#2
LJ#3
Known for
What Elma is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elma 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.