#1Famous people · Mound
7 famous people from Mound, many of them athletes
Articles in 42 languages make the American actor Kevin Sorbo the best known. Behind the leader come Henning Linden and Liz Schepers. The largest group, 3, was born since 1970. Born in 1892, Henning Linden is the first name on record, and Liz Schepers, born in 1999, the most recent.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Kevin Sorbo
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Henning Linden
Youngest
1999
Liz Schepers
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Mound’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mound’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 1.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mound is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Mound
Kevin Sorbo leads with articles in 42 languages, ahead of Henning Linden (5) and Liz Schepers (3).
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Everyone else born in Mound
Of the other 4, 3 are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mound 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 (6)
- Kevin Sorbo: Seanpanderson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henning Linden: US Army, circa 1944-1945, reprinted at US Army in World War II web site, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Riviera/img/USA-E-Riviera-p500.jpg, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Liz Schepers: John Mac, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Matson: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher O'Malley: Christopher O'Malley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Curry: Hockeytigers (Eva Fuchs), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons