#1Famous people · Tipton
17 famous people were born in Tipton from 1853 to 1974
John Bunch, the American jazz pianist, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. Only 32 of the 391 towns in Indiana with anyone on record list more. More are athletes than anything else, 6 in all. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 32.2 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
John Bunch
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1853
John M. Bowyer
Youngest
1974
Brad Maynard
Most common field
Sports
6 people
The best known
Born in Tipton
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Tipton’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1890s, at 4.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicBusinessMilitaryNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Tipton is known for
6 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Tipton
14 more, best known first.
Brad Maynard
born 1974All-American college football player, professional football player, punter
SportsWikipedia ↗
Rossini Vrionides
1896–1943American actress, composer, organist and violinist
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Tipton 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 (7)
- John Bunch: Dick Sheridan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Babe Adams: Exhibits, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Maynard: RMelon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Tresidder: Dananderson at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Everett Cox: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John M. Bowyer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted McKinney: Ken Hammond/United States Department of Agriculture, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons