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Famous people · New Haven
Herman Layne, born in 1901, is New Haven’s famous person on record
The major League Baseball outfielder Herman Layne was born in 1901. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. Articles about them exist in 3 languages. 163 towns in West Virginia have at least one famous person on record.
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Herman Layne
in 3 Wikipedia languages
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1901
Herman Layne
Most common field
Sports
1 people
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New Haven 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.