#1Film, TV & Stage
Lewis R. Foster
1898–1974Screenwriter, director, producer, television composer
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Famous people · Brookfield
Most of the 8 famous people born in Brookfield came into the world in the age of mills and railroads
Lewis R. Foster leads the list, covered in 12 languages. The next two names are Doris Akers and Don Pratt. For every 10,000 residents there are 19.3 on the list, well above the typical Missouri town’s 1.2. Over 79 years of births, the list goes from Don Pratt (1892) to Jewell Patek (1971).
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Lewis R. Foster
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Don Pratt
Youngest
1971
Jewell Patek
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Brookfield
By how many languages cover them, Lewis R. Foster comes first (12), then Doris Akers (10) and Don Pratt (8).
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Music
Doris Akers
1923–1995American music composer, arranger and singer
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#3Through the years
When Brookfield’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1890s, at 3.
Science & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMusicMilitaryWriting & ArtsNotablePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brookfield is known for
2 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brookfield
The other 5 span the years 1899 to 1971.
Dorothy C. Stratton
1899–2006Professor and dean, director of United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) during World War II
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brookfield 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 (4)
- Lewis R. Foster: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Pratt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothy C. Stratton: U.S. Coast Guard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard A. Rusk: Msanders nti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons