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New River Company General Office Building · Photo: Coal town guy · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Mount Hope
5 famous people were born in Mount Hope
Bob Elkins, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. Second place goes to the major League Baseball outfielder Fred Bailey, third to John Pino. Between 1920 and 1969, 4 were born, the most of any period. 2 of them are performers, more than in any other field.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Bob Elkins
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Fred Bailey
Youngest
1948
Jack Spadaro
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known
Born in Mount Hope
Bob Elkins has articles in 3 languages, Fred Bailey in 3 and John Pino in 2.
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Through the years
When Mount Hope’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Film, TV & StageSportsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mount Hope is known for
Share of Mount Hope’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Mount Hope
Here are 2 more, born from 1939 to 1948.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Hope 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.