#1Film, TV & Stage
Phil Harris
1904–1995American actor, singer and comedian
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Famous people · Linton
Linton counts 10 famous people, first among them Phil Harris
Best known of all is Phil Harris, written about in 25 languages. The next two names are Gene Porter Bridwell and John Richard Gregg. 5 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 19 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Phil Harris
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1853
Ira Osborn Baker
Youngest
1954
John Richard Gregg
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Linton
Performers take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Linton’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1900s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Linton is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 3.2 times.
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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7 more, from 1853 to 1951.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Linton 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)
- Phil Harris: NBC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Porter Bridwell: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Richard Gregg: Politicsislife, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Bennett: Detroit Free Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons