38.8725° N, 84.5861° W

CINCINNATI

Most Famous People Born in Cincinnati, United States

Notable people
1,772
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1938
Most distinctive
Baseball 12.5×

Cincinnati's bench is German-American old money and mid-century entertainment — the Lawyer class is the same Queen City bar that built the Taft political dynasty, the Novelist thread runs through the Over-the-Rhine literary generation, and a smaller Music vein traces from King Records and James Brown through the city's early rock-and-roll scene. The Basket cohort is the University of Cincinnati pipeline that sent Oscar Robertson north and kept sending players ever since.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cincinnati during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 168 notable births.

What Cincinnati Is Known For

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Baseball is Cincinnati's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (251).

Cincinnati over-indexes on baseball12.5× the global rate.

Cincinnati under-produces writer — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Baseball251
  2. Football203
  3. Politician152
  4. Actor135
  5. Basket72
  6. Lawyer54
  7. Painter42
  8. Writer40
  1. Baseball25112.5×
  2. Novelist273.9×
  3. Basket723.2×
  4. Lawyer541.8×
  5. Music391.5×
  1. Writer400.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Cincinnati's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 152 of 1,772 notable people

0014 POLITICIAN

Robert A. Taft

1889 - 1953

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Rob Portman

Born 1955

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Kathleen Sebelius

Born 1948

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0060 POLITICIAN

Steve Chabot

Born 1953

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0064 POLITICIAN

George H. Pendleton

1825 - 1889

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0073 POLITICIAN

Brad Wenstrup

Born 1958

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Nicholas Longworth

1869 - 1931

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0122 POLITICIAN

Augustus Hill Garland

1832 - 1899

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0132 POLITICIAN

Joshua W. Alexander

1852 - 1936

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0143 POLITICIAN

John J. Gilligan

1921 - 2013

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0144 POLITICIAN

Jean Schmidt

Born 1951

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0148 POLITICIAN

William Dennison Jr.

1815 - 1882

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0149 POLITICIAN

Ron Ziegler

1939 - 2003

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0153 POLITICIAN

Robert Taft Jr.

1917 - 1993

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0158 POLITICIAN

Gary Bauer

Born 1946

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0159 POLITICIAN

Phillip Burton

1926 - 1983

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0171 POLITICIAN

Charles Phelps Taft

1843 - 1929

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0209 POLITICIAN

Steve Austria

Born 1958

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0232 POLITICIAN

Ayanna Pressley

Born 1974

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0253 POLITICIAN

Bob Schaffer

Born 1962

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Harry B. Hawes

1869 - 1947

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0260 POLITICIAN

Bill Gradison

Born 1928

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0285 POLITICIAN

George E. Pugh

1822 - 1876

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0289 POLITICIAN

Tom Luken

1925 - 2018

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0290 POLITICIAN

John Burton (American politician)

Born 1932

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0294 POLITICIAN

William H. Hudnut III

1932 - 2016

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Mark Mallory

Born 1962

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0315 POLITICIAN

Andy Ireland

Born 1930

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0327 POLITICIAN

David Skaggs

Born 1943

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0340 POLITICIAN

Dave Hobson

Born 1936

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0342 POLITICIAN

Richard P. Ernst

1858 - 1934

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0349 POLITICIAN

Charlie Luken

Born 1951

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0362 POLITICIAN

John T. Myers (congressman)

1927 - 2015

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0382 POLITICIAN

William Haines Lytle

1826 - 1863

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0383 POLITICIAN

Chapman Revercomb

1895 - 1979

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0391 POLITICIAN

Steve Driehaus

Born 1966

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0400 POLITICIAN

Frank Brogan

Born 1953

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0424 POLITICIAN

Dawn Clark Netsch

1926 - 2013

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0441 POLITICIAN

David S. Mann

Born 1939

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0465 POLITICIAN

William J. Keating

1927 - 2020

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0468 POLITICIAN

John B. Hollister

1890 - 1979

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0469 POLITICIAN

Ken Blackwell

Born 1948

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0478 POLITICIAN

James J. Faran

1808 - 1892

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0489 POLITICIAN

Donald D. Clancy

1921 - 2007

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0508 POLITICIAN

Timothy C. Day

1819 - 1869

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0510 POLITICIAN

Cecil M. Harden

1894 - 1984

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0521 POLITICIAN

Gordon H. Scherer

1906 - 1988

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0526 POLITICIAN

E. John Ellis

1840 - 1889

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0539 POLITICIAN

Joseph B. Cheadle

1842 - 1904

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0547 POLITICIAN

Charles Elwood Brown

1834 - 1904

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0563 POLITICIAN

George Bell Swift

1845 - 1912

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0566 POLITICIAN

Carl West Rich

1898 - 1972

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0568 POLITICIAN

Edwin Einstein

1842 - 1905

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0616 POLITICIAN

William E. Hess

1898 - 1986

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0628 POLITICIAN

P.G. Sittenfeld

Born 1984

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Charles Stewart Voorhees

1853 - 1909

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0663 POLITICIAN

James Edward Ruffin

1893 - 1977

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0670 POLITICIAN

William Yoast Morgan

1866 - 1932

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0679 POLITICIAN

Joseph A. Dixon

1879 - 1942

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0682 POLITICIAN

Ozro J. Dodds

1840 - 1882

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0685 POLITICIAN

Harold G. Mosier

1889 - 1971

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0689 POLITICIAN

Charles Wheelan

Born 1966

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0698 POLITICIAN

Charlene Mitchell

Born 1930

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0726 POLITICIAN

Leonidas F. Livingston

1832 - 1912

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0727 POLITICIAN

Julius Fleischmann

1871 - 1925

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0728 POLITICIAN

Alexander C. Mitchell

1860 - 1911

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0753 POLITICIAN

John Doyle (West Virginia politician)

Born 1942

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0760 POLITICIAN

William Hartshorn Bonsall

1846 - 1905

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0765 POLITICIAN

Tom Brinkman

Born 1957

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0767 POLITICIAN

Michael Joseph Gill

1864 - 1918

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0768 POLITICIAN

George John Kindel

1855 - 1930

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0792 POLITICIAN

George Chester Robinson Wagoner

1863 - 1946

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Maureen Walsh

Born 1960

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Joseph Brooks (politician)

1812 - 1877

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0832 POLITICIAN

Harry Geisinger

1933 - 2015

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0837 POLITICIAN

Blanche Long

1902 - 1998

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0838 POLITICIAN

David Pepper (politician)

Born 1971

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0844 POLITICIAN

Roger Berliner

Born 1951

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0863 POLITICIAN

Bill Seitz

Born 1954

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0864 POLITICIAN

Denise Driehaus

Born 1967

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0874 POLITICIAN

Fred Strahorn

Born 1965

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0890 POLITICIAN

Murray Seasongood

1878 - 1983

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0923 POLITICIAN

Alicia Reece

Born 1971

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0930 POLITICIAN

Jane Timken

Born 1966

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0973 POLITICIAN

Francis Channing, 1st Baron Channing of Wellingborough

1841 - 1926

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0992 POLITICIAN

Frank Hornstein

Born 1959

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0998 POLITICIAN

Eric Kearney

Born 1963

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1006 POLITICIAN

Keiko Orrall

Born 1967

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1007 POLITICIAN

Bill Kintner

Born 1960

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1027 POLITICIAN

Christian McDaniel

Born 1977

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1030 POLITICIAN

Tom Umberg

Born 1955

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1041 POLITICIAN

Michael G. Strain

Born 1959

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1043 POLITICIAN

Robert L. Floyd

1918 - 2007

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1047 POLITICIAN

Adam Koenig

Born 1971

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Seth Taft

1922 - 2013

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1056 POLITICIAN

Henry Thomas Hunt

1878 - 1956

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1072 POLITICIAN

Joseph Fischer (Kentucky politician)

Born 1954

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1081 POLITICIAN

Thomas Kerr (Kentucky politician)

Born 1950

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1098 POLITICIAN

Shannon Jones

Born 1970

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1101 POLITICIAN

Courtney Combs

Born 1956

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1105 POLITICIAN

Dale Mallory

Born 1964

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1119 POLITICIAN

Bob Schuler

1943 - 2009

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1126 POLITICIAN

Bill Coley

Born 1960

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1157 POLITICIAN

David Frockt

-

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1164 POLITICIAN

Ron Maag

Born 1945

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1177 POLITICIAN

Stan Aronoff

Born 1932

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1198 POLITICIAN

Daniel G. Taylor

1819 - 1878

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1208 POLITICIAN

David Burke (politician)

Born 1967

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Tyrone Yates

Born 1954

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1217 POLITICIAN

Louis Terhar

Born 1949

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1219 POLITICIAN

Lou Blessing

Born 1948

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1257 POLITICIAN

Joe Uecker

Born 1954

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1273 POLITICIAN

Donald E. Williams Jr.

Born 1957

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1291 POLITICIAN

Louis Blessing

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Tim Derickson

Born 1960

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1341 POLITICIAN

Phyllis Henderson

Born 1959

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1342 POLITICIAN

Henry Zuber III

Born 1966

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1366 POLITICIAN

Robert Mecklenborg

Born 1952

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1406 POLITICIAN

Chuck Turner

1941 - 2019

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1408 POLITICIAN

Peter Stautberg

Born 1964

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1409 POLITICIAN

Richard Finan

Born 1934

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Stan Jones (Indiana politician)

1949 - 2017

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1424 POLITICIAN

Janet Greenip

Born 1947

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1450 POLITICIAN

Walt Bachrach

1904 - 1989

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1456 POLITICIAN

Rose Vesper

-

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1498 POLITICIAN

Jim McGregor

Born 1948

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1502 POLITICIAN

William L. Mallory Sr.

1931 - 2013

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1505 POLITICIAN

Yvette Simpson

Born 1978

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1506 POLITICIAN

Linda Reidelbach

Born 1971

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1535 POLITICIAN

Chris Bortz

Born 1973

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1548 POLITICIAN

Nettie McKenzie Clapp

1868 - 1935

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1555 POLITICIAN

Bill Bowen

1929 - 1999

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1563 POLITICIAN

Christopher Smitherman

-

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1581 POLITICIAN

Shawn Webster

Born 1949

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1596 POLITICIAN

Andrew Ciarfardini

-

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Bob Charles (politician)

1936 - 2016

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1619 POLITICIAN

Sam Bateman

1936 - 2001

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1620 POLITICIAN

John Bechtold

-

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1636 POLITICIAN

Ralph B. Kohnen

1935 - 2008

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1639 POLITICIAN

Norman Murdock

1931 - 2010

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1643 POLITICIAN

Sam Malone (politician)

Born 1970

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1645 POLITICIAN

Margo McNeil

Born 1948

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1646 POLITICIAN

Hugh DeMoss

1932 - 2003

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1649 POLITICIAN

Samuel T. Britton

1933 - 2011

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1650 POLITICIAN

Kenneth F. Harper

Born 1931

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1673 POLITICIAN

Emma Beckwith

1849 - 1919

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1674 POLITICIAN

William Fithian

1799 - 1890

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Sylvia Santana

Born 1979

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1745 POLITICIAN

Morriss Henry

Born 1931

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1749 POLITICIAN

Don Ballard

1927 - 2019

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1751 POLITICIAN

D. E. Biggs

1860 - 1924

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1757 POLITICIAN

David S. Holmes Jr.

1914 - 1994

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