#1Film, TV & Stage
June Mathis
1887–1927American screenwriter, producer and film studio executive
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Famous people · Leadville
12 famous people were born in Leadville, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
June Mathis leads the list, covered in 16 languages. Second and third on the list are Alphonse Burnand and Evalyn Walsh McLean. The list runs from Thomas Harris MacDonald, born in 1881, to Edgar Lee McWethy, Jr., born in 1944. For every 10,000 residents the town has 45.8, while at least half the towns in Colorado list nobody born there.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
June Mathis
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Thomas Harris MacDonald
Youngest
1944
Edgar Lee McWethy, Jr.
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Leadville
June Mathis has articles in 16 languages, Alphonse Burnand in 13 and Evalyn Walsh McLean in 6.
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#3Through the years
When Leadville’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1880s, with 7 people born in that decade.
NotablePolitics & LawSportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Leadville is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 3 people.
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 Leadville
The rest number 9, with 3 leaders among them.
Robert Lee Mathews
1887–1947American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator
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A chosen home
Also called Leadville home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Leadville, though born elsewhere.
Margaret Brown
1867–1932Survivor of the sinking of the Titanic (1867–1932), women's rights activist, philanthropist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Leadville 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 (6)
- June Mathis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evalyn Walsh McLean: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John McCuish: "The Manhattan Mercury" (Manhattan, Kansas) August 2, 1954., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Harris MacDonald: [email protected], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edith Alice Macia: Mikepascoe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Brown: Bain News Service; quick cleanup by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons