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Famous people · Tell City
Paul D. Etienne tops a list of 7 famous people born in Tell City
Articles in 13 languages make the American Roman Catholic priest Paul D. Etienne the best known. Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 4 of them. The biggest group are athletes: 2. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 9.3 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Paul D. Etienne
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
John H. Hoeppel
Youngest
1980
Aaron Riley
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Tell City
First, Paul D. Etienne (13 languages), then John H. Hoeppel (7) and Edwin D. Patrick (5).
#2
#3Through the years
When Tell City’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1890s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsFaithPolitics & LawMilitaryWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Tell City is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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Everyone else born in Tell City
Another 4, the earliest born in 1899.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tell City 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 (3)
- John H. Hoeppel: "Burlington Free Press" (Burlington, VT)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin D. Patrick: War Department. Army War College. Historical Section. World War I Branch. ca. 1918-ca. 1948, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Polk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons