#1Famous people · Winfield
Most of the 19 famous people born in Winfield came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Articles in 23 languages make the American actor Eugene Pallette the best known. Darren E. Burrows and Ira Davenport follow. Born in 1879, Josh Clarke is the first name on record, and Darren E. Burrows, born in 1966, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 16.2, while at least half the towns in Kansas list nobody born there.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Eugene Pallette
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Josh Clarke
Youngest
1966
Darren E. Burrows
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Winfield
First, Eugene Pallette (23 languages), then Darren E. Burrows (17) and Ira Davenport (17).
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Ira Davenport
1887–1941American track athlete, baseball player, American football player and coach
17 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Winfield’s famous people were born
The 1880s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageNotableMilitaryWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Winfield is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Another 16, the earliest born in 1879.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Winfield 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 (7)
- Eugene Pallette: Photoplay Publishing Co., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ira Davenport: photographer of IOC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary McCarty: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Thomas McDermott: United States Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dean C. Strother: US Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Karen Wheeler: Rosebudgie55, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Mawdsley: Michael Pedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons