#1Science & Medicine
Randolph Bresnik
born 1967Astronaut, Fighter pilot
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Famous people · Fort Knox
30 famous people were born in Fort Knox, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Best known of all is Randolph Bresnik, written about in 30 languages. Becky Ann Baker and Suzan-Lori Parks follow. The list is still growing: 11 were born since 1970. Born in 1935, Thomas Amlong is the first name on record, and Stanley Burrell, born in 1984, the most recent.
Born here
30
notable people
Best known
Randolph Bresnik
in 30 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
Thomas Amlong
Youngest
1984
Stanley Burrell
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Fort Knox’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fort Knox’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 9 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsNotableMusicBusinessMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Fort Knox
Ranked by languages covered: Randolph Bresnik with 30, then Becky Ann Baker with 17 and Suzan-Lori Parks with 15.
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What Fort Knox is known for
Compared with the usual town, scientists and doctors are the most over-represented field, 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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Famous people from the towns next door
Radcliff has the longest list next door: 2.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Knox 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 (14)
- Randolph Bresnik: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzan-Lori Parks: DerSchwabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Amlong: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Emayatzy Corinealdi: Mingle MediaTV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Doughty: Joe Loong from Reston, VA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mykel Hawke: Mykel Hawke, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wendy Rogers: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Len Barker: Cleveland Indians, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Delabar: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward George Smith: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. J. Mosley: Seaman Apprentice Marcus Stanley, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiffany Granath: Glenn Francis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Niel E. Nelson: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Jameson: Huma irani, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons