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Famous people · West Lafayette
16 famous people were born in West Lafayette, more of them scientists and doctors than in most towns
Amanda Elmore, the American rower, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 8 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents the town has 3.5, while at least half the towns in Indiana list nobody born there. 6 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Amanda Elmore
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1878
Harry G. Leslie
Youngest
2000
Gavin Mikhail
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about West Lafayette’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What West Lafayette is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 4.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When West Lafayette’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
Politics & LawSportsScience & MedicineMilitaryNotableMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in West Lafayette
Athletes take two of the three places.
#2
#3Military
Brian Binnie
1953–2022United States naval aviator and commercial astronaut
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Everyone else born in West Lafayette
Here are 13 more, born from 1878 to 2000.
Nicki R. Crick
1958–2012American psychologist and professor of child development and family studies
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Sanjay Ghemawat
born 1966American computer scientist and software engineer
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Josh Whitman
born 1978American university administrator, lawyer, and football player
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A chosen home
Also called West Lafayette home
One more notable person made the town home: Tithi Bhattacharya.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Lafayette 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 (6)
- Marshall Plumlee: Bryan Horowitz, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Binnie: Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cleve Jones: Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruce Friedrich: Jo-Anne McArthur, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry G. Leslie: Wm. R. Burford Printing (Indianapolis, IN), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tithi Bhattacharya: File:Tithi Bhattacharya.jpg: Finderroot derivative work: Innisfree987, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons