#1Famous people · Kirkwood
Marianne Moore tops a list of 28 famous people born in Kirkwood
Articles in 46 languages make the American poet Marianne Moore the best known. Close behind are Slayyyter and Josephine Johnson. 12 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. The list is still growing: 7 were born since 1970.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Marianne Moore
in 46 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
Seeley W. Mudd
Youngest
1996
Slayyyter
Most common field
Sports
10 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Kirkwood’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Kirkwood’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 5.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusicNotableFilm, TV & StageBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Kirkwood
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
#1
#2JJ#3
Writing & Arts
Josephine Johnson
1910–1990American novelist, nature writer, poet
17 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Kirkwood is known for
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 1.8 times as common.
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 Kirkwood
Still to come: 25 more, from 1861 to 1989.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Kirkwood home
One more notable person made the town home: Kathryn Grayson.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Des Peres’: one name.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kirkwood 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 (15)
- Marianne Moore: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Slayyyter: Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Sutherland: Original uploader was en:User:Mphamilton at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Buechner: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Williams: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Herzlich: Tom Hanny from Kinnelon, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Smith: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dewey Smith: The original uploader was Gildir at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginia Warwick: Christie Film Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Masters: Stan Masters, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Bovik: LIVE Guy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Edwin Harvey: "Arms and the Man" magazine (Washington, DC)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Inge: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Grayson: Virgil Hall Apger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Talent: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons