#1Science & Medicine
Wesley Clair Mitchell
1874–1948American statistician
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Famous people · Rushville
Rushville counts 5 famous people, first among them Wesley Clair Mitchell
Wesley Clair Mitchell, the American statistician, is the most widely known, written about in 22 languages. Behind the leader come Francis M. Drake and E. W. Scripps. Over 53 years of births, the list goes from Francis M. Drake (1830) to Charles Guy Briggle (1883). Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 3 of them.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Wesley Clair Mitchell
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1830
Francis M. Drake
Youngest
1883
Charles Guy Briggle
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Rushville
Wesley Clair Mitchell has articles in 22 languages, Francis M. Drake in 11 and E. W. Scripps in 8.
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#2Military
Francis M. Drake
1830–1903American soldier, businessman and politician
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Rushville’s famous people were born
The 1870s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Science & MedicineMilitaryBusinessWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Rushville is known for
1 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.
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2 more, from 1872 to 1883.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rushville 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)
- Wesley Clair Mitchell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis M. Drake: Contemporary photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E. W. Scripps: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Guy Briggle: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons