#1Famous people · Shelbyville
Writers and artists stand out among the 18 famous people born in Shelbyville
Wilbur Shaw, the American racing driver, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. The largest group, 10, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Born in 1877, Burchard Woodson DeBusk is the first name on record, and Kid Quill, born in 1994, the most recent. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 8.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Wilbur Shaw
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1877
Burchard Woodson DeBusk
Youngest
1994
Kid Quill
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Shelbyville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Shelbyville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is writers and artists, at 3.3 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 Shelbyville
Two of the three are athletes.
#1RS#2
Writing & Arts
Roger Slifer
1954–2015American comic book writer, screenwriter, and television producer
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#3Through the years
When Shelbyville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1880s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Shelbyville
Another 15, the earliest born in 1877.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Shelbyville home
One more notable person made the town home: Luke Messer.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shelbyville 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 (9)
- Wilbur Shaw: El Gráfico, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Phipps: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Hill: Hill+Knowlton Strategies, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Gunning: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sean Eberhart: Office of Senator Richard Lugar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Cherry: Governor Eric Holcomb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kid Quill: BJ Jensen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burchard Woodson DeBusk: Oregon State Library donor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Messer: United States COngress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons