#1Famous people · Fairmount
3 famous people call Fairmount their birthplace
The best known is the American writer Mary Jane Ward, with articles in 9 languages. The American artist Olive Rush ranks second, ahead of Paul Rusch. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 11.3 for every 10,000 residents. Mary Jane Ward, born in 1905, is the youngest, and Olive Rush, born in 1873, the first on record.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Mary Jane Ward
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
Olive Rush
Youngest
1905
Mary Jane Ward
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Fairmount
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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What Fairmount is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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A chosen home
Also called Fairmount home
Born elsewhere, James Dean lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fairmount 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)
- Mary Jane Ward: Bh5unhedu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olive Rush: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Rusch: Aw1805, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Dean: In-house publicity still, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons