#1Science & Medicine
Robert Noyce
1927–1990American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur (1927–1990), co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel
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Famous people · Burlington
Of the 49 famous people born in Burlington, an unusual share are scientists and doctors
Best known of all is Robert Noyce, written about in 50 languages. Wallace Carothers is second and Aldo Leopold third. The largest group, 25, was born between 1920 and 1969. The oldest name on the list belongs to Thomas M. Bowen, born in 1835, the newest to Mitch King, born in 1986.
Born here
49
notable people
Best known
Robert Noyce
in 50 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Thomas M. Bowen
Youngest
1986
Mitch King
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Burlington’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Burlington is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 2.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Burlington
Scientists and doctors take two of the three places.
#1
#2Science & Medicine
Wallace Carothers
1896–1937American organic chemist
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#3Through the years
When Burlington’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1940s, with 7 births.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsNotableMusicMilitaryBusinessFilm, TV & StageFaith
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Everyone else born in Burlington
46 more names, born between 1835 and 1986.
Everett Lindsay
born 1970All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman
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Cletus Madsen
1905–2002Catholic priest of the Diocese of Davenport who was a leader of the Liturgical Movement in the United States.
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Of the towns around it, West Burlington has the most on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Burlington 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 (9)
- Robert Noyce: Intel Free Press, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wallace Carothers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aldo Leopold: Howard Zahniser, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kurt Warner: John Trainor (Flickr profile), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Frawley: KTTV, Los Angeles. This was a publicity photo for a local KTTV program. In the 1950s and 1960s, television stations, networks, studios and program sponsors often used advertising or publicity agencies to distribute promotional material. In this case…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James M. Kelly: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kay A. Orr: Cornstalker, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas M. Bowen: Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amy Leslie: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons