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Famous people · Excelsior Springs
Donald Judd tops a list of 8 famous people born in Excelsior Springs
At the top of the list is the American minimalist artist Donald Judd, covered in 33 languages. Brenda Joyce, the American film actress, comes second, with Charles Clayton Dennie third. 4 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. Only 47 of the 418 towns in Missouri with anyone on record list more.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Donald Judd
in 33 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Charles Clayton Dennie
Youngest
1998
Sam Webb
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Excelsior Springs’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Excelsior Springs’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1900s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsNotableWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Excelsior Springs
Counted by languages, Donald Judd is ahead of Brenda Joyce and Charles Clayton Dennie: 33, 20 and 4.
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What Excelsior Springs is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 3 people.
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The rest number 5, with 3 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Excelsior Springs 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)
- Brenda Joyce: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Clayton Dennie: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregg Williams: Tulane Public Relations, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilary A. Bush: State of Missouri, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons