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Famous people · Elkins
The 20 famous people born in Elkins, led by Will Hare
The best known is the American actor Will Hare, with articles in 11 languages. 9 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. Edna Hall Scott Kump (1887) and Cody Hansbrough Thompson (1987) mark the two ends of the list. Fewer than a quarter of the 160 towns in West Virginia with famous people list more.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Will Hare
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Edna Hall Scott Kump
Youngest
1987
Cody Hansbrough Thompson
Most common field
Sports
7 people
The best known
Born in Elkins
Will Hare, Charles R. Holland and Patricia Kennedy Grimsted are written about in 11, 7 and 5 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Elkins’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1910s than in any other decade: 6.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Elkins is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as soldiers and sailors, at 4.2 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 Elkins
A further 17 follow, born between 1887 and 1987.
Marshall Glenn
1908–1983American football player and coach, basketball player and coach, physician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elkins 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)
- Charles R. Holland: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patricia Kennedy Grimsted: Earl McDonald--NARA Staff, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Lee Wolverton: SWolverton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Hoover: Papagena Press, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marshall Goldberg: Owl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Barkley: 1msulax (Uploads), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Eli Baker: The Wheeling Intelligencer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons