#1Famous people · Amboy
8 famous people were born in Amboy
From 1861 to 1944. The best known: John F. McGee, Allen Doone and Frank Shaughnessy.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
John F. McGee
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
John F. McGee
Youngest
1944
John Welty
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Amboy
Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages have an article about them.
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#3Through the years
When Amboy’s famous people were born
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born. Most were born in mills & railroads (5).
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What Amboy is known for
Amboy has 2.2× the usual share of leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Amboy, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (4)
- John F. McGee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allen Doone: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Shaughnessy: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Welty: Kjedit, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons