#1Famous people · Pratt
9 famous people were born in Pratt, most of them between 1920 and 1969
At the top of the list is the American voice actor Bill Farmer, covered in 22 languages. Second place goes to the American basketball player Ernie Barrett, third to Brad Ziegler. For every 10,000 residents the town has 13.7, while at least half the towns in Kansas list nobody born there. Fewer than a quarter of the 290 towns in Kansas with famous people list more.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Bill Farmer
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1893
William Marriott
Youngest
1979
Brad Ziegler
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Pratt
Bill Farmer has articles in 22 languages, Ernie Barrett in 9 and Brad Ziegler in 7.
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#3Through the years
When Pratt’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 2 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Pratt is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 3 people.
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Everyone else born in Pratt
A further 6 follow, born between 1893 and 1953.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pratt 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 (4)
- Bill Farmer: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brad Ziegler: Cakeordeath34 on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha K. Schwebach: TheMarthaProject, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Marriott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons