#1Film, TV & Stage
Robert H. Schuller
1926–2015American television evangelist
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Famous people · Alton
4 famous people come from Alton, Robert H. Schuller the best known
Articles in 18 languages make the American television evangelist Robert H. Schuller the best known. Mildred Jeffrey, the American activist, comes second, with Dave Mulder third. The list runs from Mildred Jeffrey, born in 1910, to Dave Mulder, born in 1939. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Robert H. Schuller
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1910
Mildred Jeffrey
Youngest
1939
Dave Mulder
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Alton
By how many languages cover them, Robert H. Schuller comes first (18), then Mildred Jeffrey (5) and Dave Mulder (4).
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Through the years
When Alton’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Alton is known for
Alton has 3.6× the usual share of leaders.
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 Alton
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Orange City counts 12 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alton 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 (2)
- Robert H. Schuller: Hour of Power NL, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Collison: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons