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Famous people · Ridgeway
3 famous people were born in Ridgeway
Articles in 4 languages make the American basketball player-coach Tom Davis the best known. Second and third on the list are Evan Lewis and Jane Farwell. Archie Hahn leads the 7 names listed next door in Dodgeville. The list runs from Evan Lewis, born in 1860, to Tom Davis, born in 1938.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Tom Davis
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
Evan Lewis
Youngest
1938
Tom Davis
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Ridgeway
Two of the three are athletes.
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What Ridgeway is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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Of the towns nearby, Dodgeville lists the most people: 7.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ridgeway 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)
- Evan Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Archie Hahn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons