#1Writing & Arts
Roy Thomas
born 1940American comic book writer and editor
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Famous people · Jackson
Roy Thomas tops a list of 8 famous people born in Jackson
At the top of the list is the American comic book writer and editor Roy Thomas, covered in 25 languages. Gary Friedrich, the American comic book writer, comes second, with Anel Šabanadžović third. Between 1920 and 1969, 4 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 5.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Missouri has 1.2.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Roy Thomas
in 25 Wikipedia languages
First
1836
Lowndes Henry Davis
Youngest
1999
Anel Šabanadžović
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Jackson
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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Through the years
When Jackson’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 2.
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Close by, Cape Girardeau counts 39 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jackson 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)
- Roy Thomas: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Friedrich: Luigi Novi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis C. Wagner, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowndes Henry Davis: Phineas Camp Headley, author. S. S. Scranton & Company (Hartford, CT), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rush Limbaugh: The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons