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Orson Scott Card
born 1951American science fiction novelist
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Famous people · Richland
30 famous people were born in Richland, most of them between 1920 and 1969
The best known is the American science fiction novelist Orson Scott Card, with articles in 57 languages. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.8, while at least half the towns in Washington list nobody born there. The list is still growing: 14 were born since 1970. Born in 1944, Laurel L. Wilkening is the first name on record, and Rachelle Henry, born in 2000, the most recent.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
Orson Scott Card
in 57 Wikipedia languages
First
1944
Laurel L. Wilkening
Youngest
2000
Rachelle Henry
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Richland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Richland’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 7 births.
SportsNotableWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Richland
Orson Scott Card has articles in 57 languages, Hope Solo in 47 and Nate Mendel in 24.
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What Richland is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is scientists and doctors, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Richland
Another 27, 13 of them athletes.
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The most names next door are in Pasco: 16.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Richland 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)
- Hope Solo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Mendel: Modtang at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leilani Mitchell: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Ann Horton: Mary Ann Horton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Buck: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Ruemmler: Pete Souza, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shawn O'Malley: Minda Haas on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachelle Henry: Msteckl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Palahniuk: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons