#1Famous people · Clinton
8 famous people were born in Clinton, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
At the top of the list is the American astronaut Charles Edward Jones, covered in 12 languages. The American soccer player Armando Frigo ranks second, ahead of Bobby Sturgeon. For every 10,000 residents the town has 16.7, while at least half the towns in Indiana list nobody born there. The first birth on record is Esther Newport’s, in 1901, and the last Charles Edward Jones’, in 1952.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Charles Edward Jones
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Esther Newport
Youngest
1952
Charles Edward Jones
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Clinton
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1AF#2
BS#3
Through the years
When Clinton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Clinton is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 3.7 times.
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 Clinton
Here are 5 more, born from 1901 to 1949.
Esther Newport
1901–1986Painter, sculptor and art educator from Indiana, United States
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, one has a famous name listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clinton 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 (2)
- Charles Edward Jones: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerry Dick: ReeseRD, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons