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The Ultimate Warrior
1959–2014American professional wrestler and bodybuilder
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Famous people · Crawfordsville
Of the 27 famous people born in Crawfordsville, an unusual share are musicians
Articles in 34 languages make the American professional wrestler and bodybuilder The Ultimate Warrior the best known. The largest group, 11, was born in the age of mills and railroads. The list runs from James Wilson, born in 1825, to Jacob Wilson, born in 1990. For every 10,000 residents the town has 16.4, while at least half the towns in Indiana list nobody born there.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
The Ultimate Warrior
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1825
James Wilson
Youngest
1990
Jacob Wilson
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
What stands out about Crawfordsville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Crawfordsville is known for
Crawfordsville has 2.7× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Crawfordsville
Ranked by languages covered: The Ultimate Warrior with 34, then Joseph P. Allen with 26 and James Dunbar with 17.
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Through the years
When Crawfordsville’s famous people were born
The 1900s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsMusicScience & MedicineMilitaryFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Crawfordsville
The rest number 24, with 8 leaders among them.
Elizabeth Boynton Harbert
1843–1925American author, lecturer, reformer and philanthropist
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Sue Anne Gilroy
born 1948American politician who served as the Secretary of State of Indiana
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Crawfordsville 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 (16)
- The Ultimate Warrior: Megan Elice Meadows, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph P. Allen: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eleanor Lambert: Abbie Rowe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howdy Wilcox: Marvin Dement Boland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John B. Allen: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John L. Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilbur de Paris: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Howard Thompson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney De Paris: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Lane Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Boynton Harbert: F. E. Willard & M. A. R. Livermore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Wilson: Julian Vannerson (1827-1875), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Stephen Crane: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan Wallace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kent Kessler: Seth Tisue, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Alvin Pittenger: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons