#1Famous people · Osage
Mike Johanns tops a list of 10 famous people born in Osage
At the top of the list is the American politician Mike Johanns, covered in 27 languages. The next two names are Tiny Sandford and James Vincent Casey. In the age of mills and railroads, 4 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents there are 28.1 on the list, well above the typical Iowa town’s 11.1.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Mike Johanns
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
Jesse Duryea
Youngest
1985
Troy Merritt
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Osage
Languages with an article: 27 for Mike Johanns, 18 for Tiny Sandford, 6 for James Vincent Casey.
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Through the years
When Osage’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Osage is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Osage 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 (3)
- Mike Johanns: USDA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesse Duryea: Goodwin & Company, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Skinner: Vibert Jeffers .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);bo…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons