#1Famous people · Grand Junction
Marilyn Ferguson tops a list of 21 famous people born in Grand Junction
Marilyn Ferguson, the American writer, is the most widely known, written about in 24 languages. The list is still growing: 10 were born since 1970. Only 11 of the 134 towns in Colorado with anyone on record list more. The earliest on the list is Elmo Smith, born in 1909, and the youngest Sabré Cook, born in 1994.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Marilyn Ferguson
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Elmo Smith
Youngest
1994
Sabré Cook
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Grand Junction’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Grand Junction’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 4.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Grand Junction
Marilyn Ferguson, Rebecca Ward and Jeff Hurd are written about in 24, 17 and 9 languages.
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What Grand Junction is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Grand Junction
Of the other 18, 8 are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Grand Junction 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 (10)
- Marilyn Ferguson: Harmanx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Hurd: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elmo Smith: Oregon State University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Matusz: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabré Cook: mattbuck4950, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Garland: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Serrano: Jeffrey Hayes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Aspinall: US Dept. of the Interior, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Strobl: Lance Cpl. Bryan G. Carfrey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert F. Burford: Jennifer Reese, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons