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Famous people · Mount Morris

Mount Morris’ famous people span 128 years: 5 births from 1866 to 1994

Akiane Kramarik is the best known, with articles in 17 languages. Behind the leader come Ralph Waldo Trine and Kenneth Mills Regan. In the age of mills and railroads, 3 were born, the most of any period. Half or more of the towns in Illinois have no one on record, but this one has 18.3 for every 10,000 residents.

#2 best knownRalph Waldo TrineWriting & Arts · 1866–1958
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Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Akiane Kramarik
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
Ralph Waldo Trine
Youngest
1994
Akiane Kramarik
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known

Born in Mount Morris

The three are covered in 17, 11 and 5 languages: Akiane Kramarik, Ralph Waldo Trine and Kenneth Mills Regan.

AK#1
Writing & Arts

Akiane Kramarik

born 1994

American artist, humanitarian, poet, child prodigy and philanthropist

17 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Ralph Waldo Trine#2
Writing & Arts

Ralph Waldo Trine

1866–1958

American author

11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Kenneth Mills Regan#3
Politics & Law

Kenneth Mills Regan

1893–1959

American politician

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Mount Morris’s famous people were born

The 1990s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday1850190019502000Kenneth Mills ReganRalph Waldo Trine
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawNotableSports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Mount Morris is known for

2 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Mount Morris

2 more, from 1911 to 1939.

NJ

Nelson Thomas Potter, Jr.

1939–2013

American philosopher

NP

Nels Potter

1911–1990

American baseball player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Morris 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.

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