Robert Brom tops a list of 7 famous people born in Arcadia
Articles in 10 languages make the Roman Catholic bishop Robert Brom the best known. The next two names are James Haines and Louise Erickson. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 4 in all. Over 91 years of births, the list goes from John C. Gaveney (1863) to James Haines (1954).

Born in Arcadia
Two of the three are athletes.
Louise Erickson
1929–2016All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
When Arcadia’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Arcadia is known for
Arcadia has 2× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Arcadia
Another 4, the earliest born in 1863.

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Famous people from the towns next door
1 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Arcadia 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.
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- Ernest D. Nelson: scanned by Weatherman90, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons