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Famous people · Mitchell
Mitchell counts 5 famous people, first among them Gus Grissom
At the top of the list is the American astronaut Gus Grissom, covered in 54 languages. The American racing driver Chase Briscoe ranks second, ahead of Terry Cole. Between 1920 and 1969, 4 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Gus Grissom’s, in 1926, and the last Chase Briscoe’s, in 1994.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Gus Grissom
in 54 Wikipedia languages
First
1926
Gus Grissom
Youngest
1994
Chase Briscoe
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
What stands out about Mitchell’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Mitchell
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Mitchell’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 2.
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What Mitchell is known for
Share of Mitchell’s famous people in each field.
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Still to come: 2 more, from 1927 to 1936.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mitchell 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 (2)
- Chase Briscoe: NSCRDVA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Grissom: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons