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MOUNT VERNON

Most Famous People Born in Mount Vernon, United States

Notable people
582
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1939
Most distinctive
Horse Trainer 65.1×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Mount Vernon Is Known For

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Politician is Mount Vernon's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (72).

Mount Vernon over-indexes on horse trainer — 65.1× the global rate.

Mount Vernon under-produces writer — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician72
  2. Basket46
  3. Actor45
  4. Football42
  5. Baseball41
  6. Lawyer22
  7. Music16
  8. Artist13
  1. Horse Trainer1065.1×
  2. Basket466.3×
  3. Baseball416.2×
  4. Officer123.1×
  5. Artist132.2×
  6. Lawyer222.2×
  7. Music161.9×
  1. Writer90.5×
  2. Football420.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 38 of 582 notable people

0007 BOXER

Sugar Ray Robinson

1921 - 1989

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0014 ACTOR

Dick Clark

1929 - 2012

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0023 HUMORIST

Art Buchwald

1925 - 2007

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0024 PHYSICIST

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

1921 - 1999

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0029 COMEDIAN

Paul Lynde

1926 - 1982

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0043 ESSAYIST

Robert K. Massie

1929 - 2019

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0050 POLITICIAN

Robert Mosbacher

1927 - 2010

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0061 MUSIC

Harlan Howard

1927 - 2002

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0083 ACTOR

Barbara Werle

1928 - 2013

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0101 BASEBALL

Ralph Branca

1926 - 2016

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0105 WRITER

Mark Harris (author)

1922 - 2007

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0106 HISTORIAN

Gabriel Jackson (hispanist)

1921 - 2019

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0132 MUSIC

Sal Mosca

1927 - 2007

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0133 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jack Aeby

1923 - 2015

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0156 PHOTOGRAPHER

Van Deren Coke

1921 - 2004

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0196 BASKET

Walt Kirk

1924 - 2012

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0214 CONDUCTOR

Julia Perry

1924 - 1979

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0223 EDUCATOR

T. Marshall Hahn

1926 - 2016

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0231 HISTORIAN

Nancy Nichols Barker

1925 - 1994

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0247 CHEMIST

N. Bruce Hannay

1921 - 1996

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0292 PROFESSOR

Monroe H. Freedman

1928 - 2015

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0311 ENGINEER

Bill English (computer engineer)

1929 - 2020

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0318 FOOTBALL

Ollie Cline

1925 - 2001

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0335 ACTOR

Stephen Douglass

1921 - 2011

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0376 HISTORIAN

Eugene F. Rice Jr.

1924 - 2008

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0403 SOLDIER

David M. Smith

1926 - 1950

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0408 BASKET

Bennie Purcell

1929 - 2016

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0425 LAWYER

Scott Elgin Reed

1921 - 1994

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0437 ACTOR

Bradley Bolke

1925 - 2019

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0487 POET

Edgar Bogardus

1927 - 1958

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0493 POLITICIAN

Mario Merola (lawyer)

1922 - 1987

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0500 OFFICER

Ernest T. Cragg

1922 - 2006

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0518 PHYSICIST

Alan Schoen

Born 1924

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0546 MILITAR

Roy Thurman

1924 - 2004

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0552 OPERA

William Ray

1925 - 2019

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0566 BASEBALL

Gene Visich

1926 - 2012

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0573 BISHOP

Robert W. Estill

1927 - 2019

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0574 OFFICER

Alfred J. Whittle Jr.

1924 - 1993

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