#1Famous people · El Dorado
12 famous people were born in El Dorado, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Roger Marshall, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 23 languages. Born in 1881, Maude Fulton is the first name on record, and Ty Masterson, born in 1969, the most recent. Half or more of the towns in Kansas have no one on record, but this one has 9.4 for every 10,000 residents. Only 30 of the 322 towns in Kansas with anyone on record list more.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Roger Marshall
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Maude Fulton
Youngest
1969
Ty Masterson
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in El Dorado
Roger Marshall, Mort Walker and Steve Brodie are written about in 23, 19 and 18 languages.
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#3Through the years
When El Dorado’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1920s, with 4 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusicMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What El Dorado is known for
Share of El Dorado’s famous people in each 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 El Dorado
The rest number 9, with 4 athletes among them.
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A chosen home
Also called El Dorado home
One more notable person made the town home: James W. Robison.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is El Dorado 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)
- Roger Marshall: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mort Walker: Karen Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Brodie: United Artists, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Marshall: Provided by Frank Marshall, son of Jack Marshall (photographed.), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maude Fulton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Beals Becker: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denise McCluggage: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilbur J. Thomas: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James W. Robison: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons