#1Famous people · Elizabethtown
Kelly Rutherford tops a list of 19 famous people born in Elizabethtown
Articles in 36 languages make the American actress Kelly Rutherford the best known. The next two names are Charles Middleton and Kenny Perry. The first birth on record is Sarah Bush Lincoln’s, in 1788, and the last Chaz Cardigan’s, in 1995. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 5.8, close to the 4.8 of the typical Kentucky town.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Kelly Rutherford
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1788
Sarah Bush Lincoln
Youngest
1995
Chaz Cardigan
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Elizabethtown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Elizabethtown’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineMusicWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Elizabethtown
Three names lead: Kelly Rutherford (36 languages), Charles Middleton (17) and Kenny Perry (14).
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What Elizabethtown is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.3 times as common.
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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Everyone else born in Elizabethtown
The other 16 span the years 1788 to 1995.
Charles Debrille Poston
1825–1902American author, explorer, and federal politician
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Philip B. Coulter
born 1939US political scientist; professor emeritus of political science
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A chosen home
Also called Elizabethtown home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Elizabethtown, though born elsewhere.
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2 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elizabethtown 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 (11)
- Kelly Rutherford: Collision Conf, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Middleton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Perry: BrotherFlounder, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Bush Lincoln: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Debrille Poston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathan Adcock: mwlguide, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Leslie Chelf: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Bradley: New York Mets, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Pusey: Moffett, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Martin Moore: https://www.flickr.com/people/zanathan/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmon Ryan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons