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Famous people · Decatur
10 famous people come from Decatur, David Smith the best known
Articles in 18 languages make the American visual artist David Smith the best known. The next two names are Richard McKinney and David Anspaugh. The list runs from John Livingston Lowes, born in 1867, to Matt Bischoff, born in 1987. 2 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
David Smith
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1867
John Livingston Lowes
Youngest
1987
Matt Bischoff
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Decatur’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Decatur’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1870s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Decatur
Counted by languages, David Smith is ahead of Richard McKinney and David Anspaugh: 18, 17 and 9.
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Known for
What Decatur is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Decatur 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)
- Luke Gross: USARugbyRef, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Livingston Lowes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard France: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George B. Bowers: George B. Bowers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons