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Photo: Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0Famous people · Festus
5 famous people were born in Festus
Matt Stites, the American baseball player, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Second and third on the list are Kevin P. Engler and Becky Ruth. The earliest on the list is Kevin P. Engler, born in 1959, and the youngest Matt Stites, born in 1990. Only 68 of the 388 towns in Missouri with anyone on record list more.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Matt Stites
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1959
Kevin P. Engler
Youngest
1990
Matt Stites
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known
Born in Festus
Matt Stites, Kevin P. Engler and Becky Ruth are written about in 5, 4 and 2 languages.
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Through the years
When Festus’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 2.
Politics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Festus is known for
Festus has 3.8× the usual share of leaders.
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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Everyone else born in Festus
The rest number 2, with 2 leaders among them.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Crystal City’s, with 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Festus 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 (2)
- Bill Bradley: Jay Godwin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Clement Fletcher: Missouri Life Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons