#1Famous people · Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel counts 18 famous people, first among them Robert Ridgway
Most widely known is Robert Ridgway, the American ornithologist, with articles in 27 languages. The largest group, 8, was born between 1920 and 1969. Fewer than a quarter of the 748 towns in Illinois with famous people list more. The biggest group are athletes: 4.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Robert Ridgway
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1850
Robert Ridgway
Youngest
1987
Lauren Kieffer
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Mount Carmel
Counted by languages, Robert Ridgway is ahead of Mark Medoff and Bellenden Hutcheson: 27, 11 and 4.
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#3Military
Bellenden Hutcheson
1883–1954Canadian military officer of the First World War
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Mount Carmel’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1850s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryBusinessWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mount Carmel is known for
Performers stand out most, at 1.8 times the usual share.
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 Mount Carmel
The other 15 span the years 1851 to 1987.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Carmel 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 Ridgway: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bellenden Hutcheson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ollie Shoaff: GBA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rachel Stephens: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Hinde: Harry Hinde, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Hinde Zimmerman: S.A. Sexton, Mount Carmel, Illinois 1900, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glenn Goodart: Glenn Goodart, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth B. Hobson: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Williams: Thomas Edward Watson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons