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Famous people · Ulysses

4 famous people call Ulysses their birthplace

Sheri L. Dew is the best known, with articles in 3 languages. Second and third on the list are Eugene C. Pulliam and Greg Lewis. The first birth on record is Eugene C. Pulliam’s, in 1889, and the last Eddie Hare’s, in 1957. The biggest group are business people: 2.

Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Sheri L. Dew
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
Eugene C. Pulliam
Youngest
1957
Eddie Hare
Most common field
Business
2 people
The best known

Born in Ulysses

Business people take two of the three places.

SD#1
Business

Sheri L. Dew

born 1953

American businesswoman, Writer and Leader in the LDS Church Relief Society

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
EP#2
Business

Eugene C. Pulliam

1889–1975

American newspaper publisher

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
GL#3
Politics & Law

Greg Lewis

1953–2020

American politician

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Ulysses’s famous people were born

The 1950s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.

Mills & railroadsThe American century19001950
BusinessPolitics & LawSports

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Ulysses is known for

Business leads the fields, with 2 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Ulysses

1 more, best known first.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ulysses 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.