Wooster, Ohio
Wooster, Ohio ranks 3,599th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Invercargill, Ústí nad Labem, and East Meadow, New York. Memorable people born in Wooster, Ohio include Arthur Compton, Karl Taylor Compton, and Bob Peterson. Wooster, Ohio has been the birth place of many physicists, and actors. Wooster, Ohio is located in United States.
Wooster is the county seat of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Ohio, the city lies approximately 50 mi (80 km) south-southwest of Cleveland, 35 mi (56 km) southwest of Akron and 30 mi (48 km) west of Canton. The population was 27,232 at the 2020 census. It is the largest in Wayne County, and the center of the Wooster micropolitan area. Wooster has the main branch and administrative offices of the Wayne County Public Library, and is home to the private College of Wooster. fDi magazine ranked Wooster among North America's top 10 micro cities for business friendliness and strategy in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1887 and 1979, Wooster, Ohio was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Arthur Compton, Karl Taylor Compton, and Bob Peterson.
People Born in Wooster, Ohio
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Arthur Compton
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1962
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 1
Karl Taylor Compton
PHYSICIST
1887 - 1954
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 2
Bob Peterson
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.23
Rank: 3
Michael Redd
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 34.24
Rank: 4
Dan Auerbach
MUSICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 31.20
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Wooster, Ohio were physicists (2), actors (1), basketball players (1), and musicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Wooster, Ohio, including Bob Peterson. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Wooster, Ohio, including Arthur Compton, and Karl Taylor Compton.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Wooster, Ohio since 1700.
