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Famous people · Liberal
13 famous people from Liberal, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Martin Lewis, covered in 7 languages. Most were born since 1970: 9 of them. Wayne Angell, born in 1930, is the earliest name and Kai Stewart, born in 2000, the latest. Only 27 of the 293 towns in Kansas with anyone on record list more.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Martin Lewis
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1930
Wayne Angell
Youngest
2000
Kai Stewart
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Liberal’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Liberal’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 5.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Liberal is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.9 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 Liberal
All three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Liberal
Of the other 10, 6 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Liberal 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)
- Shalee Lehning: Sphilbrick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerame Tuman: Steelers_pregame_20050815.jpg: Steel City Hobbies derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Brown: Mitch Weber, Fort Hays State University Digital Imaging Specialist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kai Stewart: Come ON, Now! The Podcast, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Overton: Mojave2017, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Angell: Federal Reserve System, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons