#1Famous people · Kaplan
Kaplan counts 5 famous people, first among them Sammy Kershaw
Articles in 11 languages make the American country musician Sammy Kershaw the best known. Frank Glasgow Tinker and Jonathan Perry follow. Over 79 years of births, the list goes from Frank Glasgow Tinker (1909) to Jonas Mouton (1988). 2 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Sammy Kershaw
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Frank Glasgow Tinker
Youngest
1988
Jonas Mouton
Most common field
Music
1 people
What stands out about Kaplan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Kaplan’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1950s, with 1 people born in that decade.
MusicMilitaryPolitics & LawSportsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Kaplan
Sammy Kershaw leads with articles in 11 languages, ahead of Frank Glasgow Tinker (8) and Jonathan Perry (5).
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Known for
What Kaplan is known for
Music leads the fields, with 1 people.
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Still to come: 2 more, from 1940 to 1988.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kaplan 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 (3)
- Sammy Kershaw: Republic Country Club, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Glasgow Tinker: not applicable, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonas Mouton: flickr user theterrifictc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons