#1Famous people · Seymour
Seymour counts 21 famous people, first among them John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp, the American singer-songwriter, is the most widely known, written about in 27 languages. The American actor Rob Wiethoff ranks second, ahead of Daniel Hollie. Births since 1970 account for 6 of the names. The largest group, 9, was born between 1920 and 1969.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
John Mellencamp
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
John Bell Blish
Youngest
1988
Erica Moore
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Seymour’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Seymour’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 5.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Seymour
John Mellencamp leads with articles in 27 languages, ahead of Rob Wiethoff (18) and Daniel Hollie (13).
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What Seymour is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.5 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Seymour 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 (11)
- John Mellencamp: DoD photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, U.S. Air Force., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rob Wiethoff: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Hollie: static, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baron Hill: United States Congress., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erica Moore: Mardetanha, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Winchester: Toni-fotsis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Stam: SSG Michael Zuk, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Earl: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Foster Bain: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Bell Blish: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Teri Moren: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons