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Famous people · Las Animas

5 famous people call Las Animas their birthplace

Most widely known is Llewellyn Thompson, the American diplomat, with articles in 9 languages. Close behind are Clement Markert and Dick Wadhams. More than half were born in the age of mills and railroads, 3 in all. 2 of them are leaders, more than in any other field.

#1 best knownLlewellyn ThompsonPolitics & Law · 1904–1972
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5
notable people
Best known
Llewellyn Thompson
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Llewellyn Thompson
Youngest
1955
Dick Wadhams
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Las Animas

Llewellyn Thompson has articles in 9 languages, Clement Markert in 4 and Dick Wadhams in 2.

Llewellyn Thompson#1
Politics & Law

Llewellyn Thompson

1904–1972

American diplomat

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Clement Markert#2
Science & Medicine

Clement Markert

1917–1999

American biologist

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Dick Wadhams#3
Notable

Dick Wadhams

born 1955

American Republican Party State Chair

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Las Animas’s famous people were born

The 1910s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Clement MarkertDick Wadhams
Politics & LawScience & MedicineNotableSports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Las Animas is known for

2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.

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 Las Animas

Here are 2 more, born from 1919 to 1924.

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Ken Heizer

1924–2011

American football player and coach

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Las Animas 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.

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