#1Writing & Arts
Ryan White
1971–1990American AIDS spokesperson and "poster boy"
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Famous people · Kokomo
Of the 43 famous people born in Kokomo, an unusual share are writers and artists
Ryan White leads the list, covered in 35 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 21 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Milton Kraus’, in 1866, and the last Clay Myers’, in 2000. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 7.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
43
notable people
Best known
Ryan White
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
Milton Kraus
Youngest
2000
Clay Myers
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Kokomo’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Kokomo is known for
Writers and artists stand out most, at 2.3 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Kokomo’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 7 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Kokomo
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Kokomo
40 more, best known first.
Beth Brooke-Marciniak
born 1959Global Vice Chair of Public Policy for Ernst & Young
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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
born 1967American poet, author, college teacher, narrator of audiobook
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Mike Hammerstein
born 1963All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kokomo 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 (15)
- Ryan White: Wildhartlivie at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Strother Martin: DVD (Batjac-Paramount Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Bridwell: Stuart Ramson/InsiderImages for Scholastic, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elwood Hillis: US Congress Joint Cmte on Printing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilbur Cortez Abbott: Ward Clemence White, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Robert Aaron: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvia: TenPoundHammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Beachy: Harranjo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Wood: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dylan McCord, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Thatcher: Djh57, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Opha May Johnson: US Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexus Laird: Patrick Joubert / Seychelles News Agency, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Milton Kraus: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tico Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William N. Vaile: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons