MH#1
Writing & Arts
Mary Haas
1910–1996American linguist; studied historical linguistics
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Famous people · Richmond
Musicians stand out among the 52 famous people born in Richmond
Mary Haas leads the list, covered in 23 languages. Behind the leader come Desmond Bane and Norman Foster. 25 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Only 5 of the 397 towns in Indiana with anyone on record list more.
Born here
52
notable people
Best known
Mary Haas
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1808
Thomas J. Henley
Youngest
1998
Desmond Bane
Most common field
Sports
19 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Richmond’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Richmond is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as musicians, at 2.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Richmond
Mary Haas has articles in 23 languages, Desmond Bane in 22 and Norman Foster in 21.
#2
#3Film, TV & Stage
Norman Foster
1903–1976American film director and actor
21 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Richmond’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 7 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusicFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawBusinessScience & MedicineFaithNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Richmond
49 more, from 1808 to 1986.
Weeb Ewbank
1907–1998American football player, coach, and executive, basketball player and coach
SportsWikipedia ↗
Carl W. Ackerman
1890–1970American journalist, first dean of the Columbia School of Journalism
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Mary Wright Plummer
1856–1916Former president of the American Library Association
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Vagas Ferguson
born 1957All-American college football player, professional football player, running back
SportsWikipedia ↗
Paul Alexander
1937–2021American illustrator, science fiction illustrator, commercial artist
Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Sandra Rowe
born 1939Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Richmond home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Richmond, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Richmond 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 (22)
- Desmond Bane: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Foster: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ned Rorem: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Mooney: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rich Mullins: Sprigit at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Hamilton: Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baby Huey: Capitol Booking Corporation (management)/photographer: Bruno, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Logan: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Timothy Brown: Brayden Carroll, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weeb Ewbank: Jay Publishing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl W. Ackerman: Wide World Photos, Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Keenan: Stanford, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Wright Plummer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas J. Henley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harold Jones: Robert L. Knudsen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Purcell: Mcbane700 (Uploads), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanton J. Peelle: Men of Mark Publishing, Washington DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William B. Leeds: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel G. Reid: Daniel Gray Reid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Burchenal: The Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lamar Lundy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee H. Rosenthal: SPDuffy527, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons