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Famous people · Medicine Lodge
Medicine Lodge counts 4 famous people, first among them Dorothy DeLay
At the top of the list is the American musician and violin instructor Dorothy DeLay, covered in 15 languages. Second place goes to the archbishop of Kansas city Edward Joseph Hunkeler, third to Carleton Beals. Born in 1893, Carleton Beals is the first name on record, and Tim Duryea, born in 1964, the most recent. Lawrence has the most of any town in Kansas: 48.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Dorothy DeLay
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1893
Carleton Beals
Youngest
1964
Tim Duryea
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Medicine Lodge
Counted by languages, Dorothy DeLay is ahead of Edward Joseph Hunkeler and Carleton Beals: 15, 5 and 4.
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Writing & Arts
Carleton Beals
1893–1979American journalist, book author, and crusader
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Medicine Lodge’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1890s than in any other decade: 2.
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Known for
What Medicine Lodge is known for
Musicians are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Medicine Lodge
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Medicine Lodge 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 (1)
- Tim Duryea: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons