#1Writing & Arts
Gordon Parks
1912–2006American photographer, musician, writer and film director
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Famous people · Fort Scott
19 famous people from Fort Scott, many of them leaders
Gordon Parks leads the list, covered in 36 languages. Second and third on the list are Hugh Samuel Johnson and Clark Clifford. 11 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. From Charles Hatfield in 1875 to Richard Christy in 1974, the births cover 99 years.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Gordon Parks
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
Charles Hatfield
Youngest
1974
Richard Christy
Most common field
Politics & Law
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What stands out about Fort Scott’s famous people
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What Fort Scott is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 2.9 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Fort Scott
First, Gordon Parks (36 languages), then Hugh Samuel Johnson (21) and Clark Clifford (20).
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When Fort Scott’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 5 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Fort Scott
The rest number 16, with 5 leaders among them.
Barbara Joyce Bachmann
1924–1999American microbiologist, director of the E. coli Genetic Stock Center and university teacher
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Scott 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)
- Gordon Parks: Rowland Scherman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hugh Samuel Johnson: Photo credit: O. J. Jordan.Published in Time magazine., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clark Clifford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Christy: leyla.a from Chicago, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Hart: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Hatfield: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Nichols: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons