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Famous people · El Dorado
35 famous people were born in El Dorado, most of them between 1920 and 1969
The best known is the American writer Charles Portis, with articles in 22 languages. Births since 1970 account for 8 of the names. Daniel Gafford, born in 1998, is the youngest, and Goose Tatum, born in 1921, the first on record. The list comes to 20.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.8 in the typical town in Arkansas.
Born here
35
notable people
Best known
Charles Portis
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1921
Goose Tatum
Youngest
1998
Daniel Gafford
Most common field
Sports
14 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in El Dorado
Ranked by languages covered: Charles Portis with 22, then Daniel Gafford with 21 and Lamar Hunt with 19.
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#3Through the years
When El Dorado’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 11 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What El Dorado is known for
El Dorado has 1.6× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in El Dorado
Another 32, 12 of them athletes.
Goose Tatum
1921–1967African American professional basketball and baseball player; Negro League Baseball player
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A chosen home
Also called El Dorado home
Born elsewhere, Oren Harris lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is El Dorado and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Daniel Gafford: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lamar Hunt: North American Soccer League, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Ragsdale: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lou Brock: Johnmaxmena2, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert H. Crews: USAF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Goose Tatum: D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beryl Anthony, Jr.: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oren Harris: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons