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Famous people · Franklin
3 famous people were born in Franklin from 1879 to 2003
At the top of the list is the American professional wrestler Rick Boogs, covered in 10 languages. Behind the leader come Thomas F. Konop and Sam Mayer. Greenfield’s list, next door, has 10 names, Brandin Podziemski first among them. The list’s best known name, Rick Boogs, dates from 1987.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Rick Boogs
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Thomas F. Konop
Youngest
2003
Sam Mayer
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Franklin
Two of the three are athletes.
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What Franklin is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Franklin 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 (5)
- Thomas F. Konop: The Cimarron News and Citizen (Cimarron, NM)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Mayer: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ariana Hilborn: Citizen59, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrija Novakovich: Antonio Fraioli, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Domka: Bob Brents, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons