#1Writing & Arts
Helen Parkhurst
1887–1973American educator, author, and lecturer
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Famous people · Durand
Durand counts 4 famous people, first among them Helen Parkhurst
Helen Parkhurst is the best known, with articles in 19 languages. Second and third on the list are Thomas Dreier and George E. Scott. The biggest group are writers and artists: 2. Over 27 years of births, the list goes from George E. Scott (1860) to Helen Parkhurst (1887).
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Helen Parkhurst
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
George E. Scott
Youngest
1887
Helen Parkhurst
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Durand
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
#1TD#2
Writing & Arts
Thomas Dreier
1884–1976American editor, writer, advertising executive, and business theorist
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Durand’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Durand is known for
2 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
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 Durand
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Durand 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 (2)
- Helen Parkhurst: The original uploader was Dolph Kohnstamm at Dutch Wikipedia. (Original text: unknown), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George E. Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons