#1Famous people · Monticello
9 famous people come from Monticello, Trisha Yearwood the best known
The best known is the American country singer Trisha Yearwood, with articles in 33 languages. The American politician John Gill Shorter ranks second, ahead of Charles Lafayette Bartlett. The biggest group are athletes: 3. John Gill Shorter (1818) and Odell Thurman (1983) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Trisha Yearwood
in 33 Wikipedia languages
First
1818
John Gill Shorter
Youngest
1983
Odell Thurman
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Monticello’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Monticello’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Monticello
Trisha Yearwood, John Gill Shorter and Charles Lafayette Bartlett are written about in 33, 12 and 7 languages.
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#3Politics & Law
Charles Lafayette Bartlett
1853–1938American politician
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What Monticello is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
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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)
- Trisha Yearwood: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Gill Shorter: Thomas Benton Blackshear (1846-1911), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sherry Smith: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Evan: Bellminer, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Otis Dannelly: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Connelly: US Army stuff, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons