#1Science & Medicine
Robert Andrews Millikan
1868–1953American physicist
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Famous people · Morrison
Morrison, birthplace of Robert Andrews Millikan and 10 more famous people
105 languages have an article about the American physicist Robert Andrews Millikan. In the age of mills and railroads, 8 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1862, Charles Fisk is the first name on record, and Dean Cameron, born in 1962, the most recent. Writers and artists make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Robert Andrews Millikan
in 105 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
Charles Fisk
Youngest
1962
Dean Cameron
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
What stands out about Morrison’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Morrison
Performers take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Morrison’s famous people were born
The 1860s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
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What Morrison is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 2.7 times as common.
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Everyone else born in Morrison
Still to come: 8 more, from 1862 to 1948.
C. Louise Boehringer
1878–1956American politician; superintendent of schools
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Morrison 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 (7)
- Robert Andrews Millikan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lafe McKee: Willis Kent, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean Cameron: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gertrude Foster Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. Louise Boehringer: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Fisk: State Historical Society of North Dakota, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank R. Adams: Chas. K. Harris, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons