#1Famous people · Cambria
4 famous people were born in Cambria
Davy Jones, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The next two names are Samuel Owens and Victor W. Voorhees. Born in 1856, Samuel Owens is the first name on record, and Davy Jones, born in 1880, the most recent. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Davy Jones
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
Samuel Owens
Youngest
1880
Davy Jones
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Cambria
By how many languages cover them, Davy Jones comes first (4), then Samuel Owens (3) and Victor W. Voorhees (3).
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Through the years
When Cambria’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1880s, with 1 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cambria is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Cambria
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Cambria home
Born elsewhere, Gena Rowlands lived here.
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Randolph leads the towns around it, with 2 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cambria 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 (4)
- Davy Jones: Issued by: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Owens: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gena Rowlands: 20th Century Fox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Greg Stiemsma: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons