#1Famous people · Liberty
7 famous people come from Liberty, Ambrose Burnside the best known
Articles in 34 languages make the American general and politician Ambrose Burnside the best known. Second and third on the list are Daniel Trembly MacDougal and Marty Wyall. The oldest name on the list belongs to Ambrose Burnside, born in 1824, the newest to Marty Wyall, born in 1922. Only 81 of the 397 towns in Indiana with anyone on record list more.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Ambrose Burnside
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1824
Ambrose Burnside
Youngest
1922
Marty Wyall
Most common field
Military
3 people
The best known
Born in Liberty
Soldiers and sailors take two of the three places.
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#2Science & Medicine
Daniel Trembly MacDougal
1865–1958American botanist
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Liberty’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1820s, with 1 births.
MilitaryPolitics & LawScience & MedicineSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Liberty is known for
Set against the usual town, soldiers and sailors come out 12 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Another 4, 2 of them leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Liberty 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 (6)
- Ambrose Burnside: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Trembly MacDougal: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marty Wyall: Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Kathryn Staiger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William O. Barnard: George Hazzard (New Castle, IN), author and publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Martin: Air Force Historical Agency, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thaddeus Harlan Stanton: "Osage City Free Press" (Osage City, KS)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons