#1Famous people · Carrollton
9 famous people were born in Carrollton, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
At the top of the list is the American | painter Amanda Petronella Austin, covered in 5 languages. The next two names are Don Martin and James Boyce. More are athletes than anything else, 4 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 391 towns in Missouri with famous people list more.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Amanda Petronella Austin
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1859
Amanda Petronella Austin
Youngest
1983
Joe Don McGaugh
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Carrollton
Three names lead: Amanda Petronella Austin (5 languages), Don Martin (3) and James Boyce (2).
#1DM#2
JB#3
Business
James Boyce
1922–1990American businessman and Republican politician
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Carrollton’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1890s, at 2.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsBusinessMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Carrollton is known for
4 of them work in Sports, 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 Carrollton
The rest number 6, with 3 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carrollton 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)
- Amanda Petronella Austin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jewell Wallace: Bernard Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. McQueen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscoe P. Conkling: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Marshall: Staff Photographer for the Chicago American Giants, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons