39.3170° N, 83.8022° W
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×
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.
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.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1920s Clear ×
Sugar Ray Robinson
1921 - 1989
Dick Clark
1929 - 2012
Art Buchwald
1925 - 2007
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
1921 - 1999
Paul Lynde
1926 - 1982
Robert K. Massie
1929 - 2019
Robert Mosbacher
1927 - 2010
Harlan Howard
1927 - 2002
Barbara Werle
1928 - 2013
Ralph Branca
1926 - 2016
Mark Harris (author)
1922 - 2007
Gabriel Jackson (hispanist)
1921 - 2019
Sal Mosca
1927 - 2007
Jack Aeby
1923 - 2015
Van Deren Coke
1921 - 2004
Walt Kirk
1924 - 2012
Julia Perry
1924 - 1979
T. Marshall Hahn
1926 - 2016
Nancy Nichols Barker
1925 - 1994
N. Bruce Hannay
1921 - 1996
Monroe H. Freedman
1928 - 2015
Bill English (computer engineer)
1929 - 2020
Ollie Cline
1925 - 2001
Stephen Douglass
1921 - 2011
Eugene F. Rice Jr.
1924 - 2008
David M. Smith
1926 - 1950
Bennie Purcell
1929 - 2016
Scott Elgin Reed
1921 - 1994
Bradley Bolke
1925 - 2019
Edgar Bogardus
1927 - 1958
Mario Merola (lawyer)
1922 - 1987
Ernest T. Cragg
1922 - 2006
Alan Schoen
Born 1924
Roy Thurman
1924 - 2004
William Ray
1925 - 2019
Gene Visich
1926 - 2012
Robert W. Estill
1927 - 2019
Alfred J. Whittle Jr.
1924 - 1993