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Scott Altman
born 1959American astronaut, aviator and test pilot
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Famous people · Lincoln
Most of the 19 famous people born in Lincoln came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Best known of all is Scott Altman, written about in 31 languages. Births span 1879 to 1987, from Paul W. Houser to Darnell Lindsay. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970. The biggest group are athletes: 7.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Scott Altman
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Paul W. Houser
Youngest
1987
Darnell Lindsay
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Lincoln’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lincoln’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 4 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lincoln
First, Scott Altman (31 languages), then Terry Kinney (20) and Brian Cook (13).
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What Lincoln is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lincoln 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 (10)
- Scott Altman: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terry Kinney: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Cook: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Rell Madigan: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Schlitt: Professional photographer Maltesen at da.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Reichle: NEA Service?, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emil Verban: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Poe: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Werth: Kansas City Royals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul W. Houser: 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);box-sizin…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons