#1Famous people · Fort Riley
Most of the 18 famous people born in Fort Riley came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Barbara Babcock, the American actress, with articles in 28 languages. Second place goes to the American professional baseball outfielder Johnny Damon, third to Doug Kern. The list is still growing: 5 were born since 1970. The first birth on record is George W. Wallace’s, in 1872, and the last Bryan Sears’, in 1982.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Barbara Babcock
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
George W. Wallace
Youngest
1982
Bryan Sears
Most common field
Sports
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What stands out about Fort Riley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fort Riley’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Fort Riley
First, Barbara Babcock (28 languages), then Johnny Damon (18) and Doug Kern (10).
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#2Sports
Johnny Damon
born 1973American professional baseball outfielder
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What Fort Riley is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.4 times the usual share.
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The other 15 span the years 1872 to 1982.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Riley 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)
- Barbara Babcock: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Damon: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cherry Ann Murray: ENERGY.GOV, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Shields: Texans_Chiefs_coin_toss_Aug_2006.jpg: Rick Kimpel Jr. derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Enos Cabell: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pattie Brooks: Discodan59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Devin Scillian: Dgscil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons