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Famous people · Weirton
13 famous people from Weirton, many of them athletes
Articles in 8 languages make the American economist Jerry A. Hausman the best known. Second and third on the list are Ron Williams and James J. Andrews. Between 1920 and 1969, 11 were born, the most of any period. Only 14 of the 158 towns in West Virginia with anyone on record list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Jerry A. Hausman
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1829
James J. Andrews
Youngest
1975
Joanna Bernabei-McNamee
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Weirton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Weirton’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 4 births.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Weirton is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Weirton
Languages with an article: 8 for Jerry A. Hausman, 8 for Ron Williams, 7 for James J. Andrews.
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Everyone else born in Weirton
Another 10, 7 of them athletes.
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3 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Weirton 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 (5)
- Ron Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roxann Robinson: MorganClaude, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana Williams: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Martin: Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Urich: ABC Television Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons