#1Famous people · Liberty
Craig Stevens tops a list of 19 famous people born in Liberty
Most widely known is Craig Stevens, the American actor, with articles in 18 languages. In the age of mills and railroads, 8 were born, the most of any period. Births since 1970 account for 6 of the names. Kaysie Clark, born in 1993, is the youngest, and Gatewood Lincoln, born in 1875, the first on record.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Craig Stevens
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
Gatewood Lincoln
Youngest
1993
Kaysie Clark
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Liberty’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Liberty’s famous people were born
The 1880s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitaryNotableBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Liberty
Two of the three are performers.
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What Liberty is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 1.7 times.
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 Liberty
16 more, 8 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Liberty home
One more notable person made the town home: William Ferrel.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Kansas City’s, at 36 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Liberty 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 (12)
- Craig Stevens: Doherty, Clifford, Strauss and Shenfield-public relations, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Saxon: Adweek, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ken Boyer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shea Groom: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gatewood Lincoln: The Kansas City Star, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kaysie Clark: City With The Arch, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Allen B. Reed: United States Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Robinson: Jeppsna, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Lonsdale: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Cecil Gray: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Ferrel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Asner: Terry Ballard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons