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Amelia Earhart
1897–1939American aviation pioneer and author
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Famous people · Atchison
20 famous people were born in Atchison, more of them scientists and doctors than in most towns
The best known is the American aviation pioneer and author Amelia Earhart, with articles in 126 languages. Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 13 of them. Half or more of the towns in Kansas have no one on record, but this one has 18.5 for every 10,000 residents. Births span 1863 to 1965, from Charles Lester Marlatt to Rory Feek.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Amelia Earhart
in 126 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
Charles Lester Marlatt
Youngest
1965
Rory Feek
Most common field
Science & Medicine
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Atchison’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Atchison
Ranked by languages covered: Amelia Earhart with 126, then Mary Peters Fieser with 12 and Jesse Stone with 10.
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Music
Jesse Stone
1901–1999American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
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Known for
What Atchison is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, at 3.4 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 Atchison’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1890s, at 4.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Atchison
Still to come: 17 more, from 1863 to 1965.
Georgia Caldwell Smith
1909–1961One of the first African-American women to gain a bachelor's degree in mathematics
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A chosen home
Also called Atchison home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Atchison, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Atchison 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 (8)
- Amelia Earhart: NBC Photo-NBC Radio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Lester Marlatt: Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester L. Mize: U.S. Government Printing Office., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgia Caldwell Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Bennett Griffin: Peregrip, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura M. Cobb: US Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rory Feek: Burningkarma, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyrus Ingerson Scofield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons