#1Famous people · Darlington
Darlington is the birthplace of 7 famous people
John Morrow, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Born in 1847, Peter Anderson is the first name on record, and Alex Erickson, born in 1992, the most recent. Fewer than a quarter of the 680 towns in Wisconsin with famous people list more. Leaders make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
John Morrow
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1847
Peter Anderson
Youngest
1992
Alex Erickson
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Darlington
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Darlington’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1860s, with 2 births.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Darlington is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
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 Darlington
Of the other 4, 2 are leaders.
No one matches both filters.
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4 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Darlington 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 (7)
- John Morrow: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Erickson: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James G. Monahan: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Stuart Rose: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Anderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Abner Dalrymple: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Sheldon: Hunter, Paul F., Editor, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons