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Famous people · Hopkins
4 famous people call Hopkins their birthplace
Grant Wallace, the American journalist, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. Close behind are Edward Fike and Hal Hutcheson. The first birth on record is Grant Wallace’s, in 1867, and the last Edward Fike’s, in 1925. Fewer than a quarter of the 404 towns in Missouri with famous people list more.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Grant Wallace
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1867
Grant Wallace
Youngest
1925
Edward Fike
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Hopkins
Three names lead: Grant Wallace (5 languages), Edward Fike (4) and Hal Hutcheson (3).
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Through the years
When Hopkins’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSports
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Known for
What Hopkins is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hopkins 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 (1)
- Edward Fike: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons