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Famous people · Boonville
Writers and artists stand out among the 21 famous people born in Boonville
The best known is the American country singer and songwriter Sara Evans, with articles in 26 languages. Second and third on the list are Don Dee and Julia Lee. In the age of mills and railroads, 9 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 27.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.2 in the typical town in Missouri.
Born here
21
notable people
Best known
Sara Evans
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1832
Henrietta King
Youngest
1971
Sara Evans
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Boonville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Boonville is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 2.6 times the usual share.
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 Boonville
Musicians take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Boonville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1860s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Boonville
Another 18, 6 of them leaders.
Carl Lachmund
1853–1928American classical pianist, teacher, conductor, composer and diarist
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Henrietta King
1832–1925NotableWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Boonville 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 (12)
- Don Dee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry L. Myers: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C. T. Vivian: HowardMorland This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: 'Cleaned background.'. The original can be found here: File:CTVivian.png., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hugh Young: Civil War Glass Negatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lon Vest Stephens: Howard Louis Conard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Stanley Benedict: Joseph Clement Bates, editor. Ben and Bar Publishing Company (San Francisco, CA), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Lachmund: Nicholas Ház, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson: "St. Louis Globe-Democrat" (St. Louis, MO)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles van Ravenswaay: Photographer not indicated in source, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William M. Hoge: Office of History, HQ, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Elliott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons