#1Famous people · Bowling Green
Virginia Kirtley tops a list of 7 famous people born in Bowling Green
Articles in 15 languages make the actress Virginia Kirtley the best known. The largest group, 5, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Robert Alexander Campbell (1832) and Jack Dougherty (1895) mark the two ends of the list. Per head, the list is long: 16.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Missouri has 1.2.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Virginia Kirtley
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1832
Robert Alexander Campbell
Youngest
1895
Jack Dougherty
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Bowling Green
Languages with an article: 15 for Virginia Kirtley, 10 for Bennett Champ Clark, 8 for William R. Purnell.
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#2Politics & Law
Bennett Champ Clark
1890–1954American judge and politician
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#3Through the years
When Bowling Green’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1880s, with 3 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bowling Green is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 2.1 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.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bowling Green 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)
- Virginia Kirtley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bennett Champ Clark: US gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William R. Purnell: US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Dougherty: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Murray: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Alexander Campbell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons