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Famous people · Appleton City
The 5 famous people born in Appleton City, led by Vester Pegg
Articles in 11 languages make the American actor Vester Pegg the best known. The Member of the Black Panther party Donald L. Cox ranks second, ahead of Byron Calame. 2 of them are performers, more than in any other field. Fewer than a quarter of the 386 towns in Missouri with famous people list more.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Vester Pegg
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1878
Ivah Wills Coburn
Youngest
1939
Byron Calame
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known
Born in Appleton City
Vester Pegg, Donald L. Cox and Byron Calame are written about in 11, 4 and 2 languages.
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Through the years
When Appleton City’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 2.
Film, TV & StageNotableWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Appleton City is known for
Film, TV & Stage leads the fields, with 2 people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Appleton City 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 (1)
- Ivah Wills Coburn: Marcia Stein and Paul Iribe., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons