#1Famous people · Midway
Midway’s famous people span 111 years: 7 births from 1819 to 1930
Articles in 7 languages make the American basketball player Paul Noel the best known. Second and third on the list are Jouett Shouse and Robert A. Alexander. In the age of mills and railroads, 3 were born, the most of any period. Only 51 of the 222 towns in Kentucky with anyone on record list more.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Paul Noel
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1819
Robert A. Alexander
Youngest
1930
Davey Whitney
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Midway
Paul Noel leads with articles in 7 languages, ahead of Jouett Shouse (6) and Robert A. Alexander (4).
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#3Through the years
When Midway’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1870s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsNotablePolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Midway is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 3.
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 Midway
4 more, from 1842 to 1930.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Midway 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 (4)
- Paul Noel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jouett Shouse: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert A. Alexander: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Sebastian Fleming: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons