#1Famous people · Winterset
John Wayne and 9 more famous people were born in Winterset
John Wayne, the American actor, has articles in 120 languages. Second and third on the list are Fred Clarke and Ada McPherson Morley. The largest group, 5, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Over 100 years of births, the list goes from Ada McPherson Morley (1852) to Mark Davitt (1952).
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
John Wayne
in 120 Wikipedia languages
First
1852
Ada McPherson Morley
Youngest
1952
Mark Davitt
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Winterset’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Winterset
By how many languages cover them, John Wayne comes first (120), then Fred Clarke (9) and Ada McPherson Morley (5).
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#3Through the years
When Winterset’s famous people were born
The 1900s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Winterset is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Winterset
The rest number 7, with 3 leaders among them.
George Leslie Stout
1897–1978American curator, Monuments Man, museum director
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Winterset 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 (4)
- John Wayne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Clarke: Chicago Daily News photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ada McPherson Morley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert O. Bare: USMC Archives from Quantico, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons