#1Famous people · Hillsboro
Hillsboro counts 5 famous people, first among them Marc Mitscher
Articles in 22 languages make the united States admiral Marc Mitscher the best known. Second and third on the list are Denny Sullivan and Bernard J. Liska. In the age of mills and railroads, 4 were born, the most of any period. Oscar A. Mitscher (1861) and Bernard J. Liska (1931) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Marc Mitscher
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
Oscar A. Mitscher
Youngest
1931
Bernard J. Liska
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Hillsboro
Ranked by languages covered: Marc Mitscher with 22, then Denny Sullivan with 2 and Bernard J. Liska with 1.
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Through the years
When Hillsboro’s famous people were born
The 1880s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawMilitarySportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Hillsboro is known for
Share of Hillsboro’s famous people in each field.
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Everyone else born in Hillsboro
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The neighbour with a name on record is Wonewoc.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hillsboro 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)
- Marc Mitscher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron D. Shear: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar A. Mitscher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Velma Caldwell Melville: T. W. Herringshaw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons