#1Famous people · Monticello
Monticello’s famous people span 132 years: 12 births from 1845 to 1977
At the top of the list is the united States Army officer Colin Kelly, covered in 9 languages. Colin Kelly, the best known, was born in 1915. Between 1920 and 1969, 5 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 45.1, while at least half the towns in Florida list nobody born there.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Colin Kelly
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
Benjamin E. Russell
Youngest
1977
Tarlos Thomas
Most common field
Military
3 people
The best known
Born in Monticello
Counted by languages, Colin Kelly is ahead of Benjamin E. Russell and William Bailey Lamar: 9, 7 and 6.
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#3Through the years
When Monticello’s famous people were born
The 1910s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
MilitaryPolitics & LawSportsBusinessWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Monticello is known for
Compared with the usual town, soldiers and sailors are the most over-represented field, at 7 times.
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 Monticello
9 more names, born between 1866 and 1977.
Billy Taylor
born 1961Baseball relief pitcher who played mostly with the Oakland Athletics in the 1990s
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monticello 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 (7)
- Colin Kelly: Deane Keller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin E. Russell: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Bailey Lamar: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene McKinney: Original uploader was Nobunaga24 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Oscar Eaton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James A. Dallas: Jimdallas2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William D. Puleston: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons