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Patrick Williams
1939–2018American composer, arranger, and conductor who works in many genres of music, and in film and television
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Famous people · Bonne Terre
11 famous people were born in Bonne Terre, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Patrick Williams leads the list, covered in 14 languages. Second and third on the list are Elaine Gannon and Giff Roux. Over 107 years of births, the list goes from Leora Spellman (1890) to Drew Forbes (1997). The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Patrick Williams
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Leora Spellman
Youngest
1997
Drew Forbes
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Bonne Terre’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bonne Terre’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Bonne Terre
Patrick Williams leads with articles in 14 languages, ahead of Elaine Gannon (5) and Giff Roux (4).
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What Bonne Terre is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.3 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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The other 8 span the years 1890 to 1997.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bonne Terre 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 (5)
- Patrick Williams: Sourjack89, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leora Spellman: Locke-Clute Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Drew Forbes: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Sanders: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mason Vaugh: IndiaCate, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons