#1Famous people · Jeffersonville
Nick Dinsmore tops a list of 20 famous people born in Jeffersonville
Nick Dinsmore, the American professional wrestler, is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. The largest group, 9, was born between 1920 and 1969. 10 of them are athletes, more than in any other field. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 3.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Nick Dinsmore
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1848
Winfield Scott Stratton
Youngest
1988
Jeremy Kendle
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Jeffersonville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Jeffersonville’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 5 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Jeffersonville
The three are covered in 17, 10 and 10 languages: Nick Dinsmore, John Schnatter and Jonas H. Ingram.
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#2Business
John Schnatter
born 1961American entrepreneur, founder of Papa John's
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#3Military
Jonas H. Ingram
1886–1952United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient, American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
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What Jeffersonville is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
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 Jeffersonville
The other 17 span the years 1848 to 1988.
Winfield Scott Stratton
1848–1902Discovered the Independence Lode that began the Cripple Creek Gold Rush; philanthropist.
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Around it, Charlestown has the most people on record, 6 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jeffersonville 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 (13)
- Nick Dinsmore: The original uploader was Trashtalker at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Schnatter: Army Capt. Rick Scoggins, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs Office North Carolina National Guard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonas H. Ingram: United States Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene B. Crowe: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernie Andres: Boston Red Sox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Terrell: Roger DeWitt on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Winfield Scott Stratton: photo: Einar Einarsson Kvaran, aka Carptrash at en.wikipedia depicted work: Nellie Walker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Ingram: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike King: Gail Leondar-Wright, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andre Shelby: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andre N. McIntyre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glen Casada: GatewayPolitics, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barclay Henley: "San Francisco Chronicle" newspaper (San Francisco, CA)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mickie Knuckles: Randy K. Youmans, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons