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Famous people · Shawnee
10 famous people from Shawnee, many of them leaders
At the top of the list is the American politician Shawn Womack, covered in 5 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 9 in all. For every 10,000 residents the town has 1.5, while at least half the towns in Kansas list nobody born there. Fewer than a quarter of the 300 towns in Kansas with famous people list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Shawn Womack
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1948
Susie Swanson
Youngest
1998
Wyatt Hubert
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Shawnee’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Shawnee’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Shawnee is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 1.9 times the usual share.
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 Shawnee
Languages with an article: 5 for Shawn Womack, 4 for Jeff Andra, 3 for Sierra Hyland.
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SH#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Shawnee
7 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Shawnee home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Tyler Freeman the best known.
The town’s pick
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Famous people from the towns next door
5 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shawnee 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 (5)
- Wyatt Hubert: Kansas State Wildcats: K-StateOnline, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danni Boatwright: Brenda Bishop, Circle City http://www.Sports.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Parker: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Baron Corbin: HHH Pedrigree, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Myra Taylor: Chris Williams, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons