#1Famous people · Clarksville
Clarksville is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Articles in 5 languages make the American professional wrestler Mickie Knuckles the best known. Frank Kimmel is second and John Minta third. Of the bordering towns, New Albany has the longest list: 55, with George Brown Goode at the top. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 1.4 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Mickie Knuckles
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1941
John Minta
Youngest
1984
Mickie Knuckles
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Clarksville
First, Mickie Knuckles (5 languages), then Frank Kimmel (4) and John Minta (2).
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What Clarksville is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
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The most names next door are in New Albany: 55.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clarksville 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 (5)
- Mickie Knuckles: Randy K. Youmans, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Kimmel: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Brown Goode: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Dinsmore: The original uploader was Trashtalker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doris Jones: The History Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons