GC#1
Business
George Samuel Clason
1874–1957American businessman and writer
15 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · Louisiana
10 famous people were born in Louisiana, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Articles in 15 languages make the American businessman and writer George Samuel Clason the best known. 2 were born in 1970 or later. For every 10,000 residents there are 31 on the list, well above the typical Missouri town’s 1.2. The first birth on record is Claude Gillingwater’s, in 1870, and the last Emily Harrison’s, in 1977.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
George Samuel Clason
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
Claude Gillingwater
Youngest
1977
Emily Harrison
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known
Born in Louisiana
By how many languages cover them, George Samuel Clason comes first (15), then Claude Gillingwater (13) and Lloyd C. Stark (9).
#2
#3Politics & Law
Lloyd C. Stark
1886–1972Governor of Missouri from 1937 to 1941
9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Louisiana’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1870s than in any other decade: 4.
Film, TV & StagePolitics & LawSportsNotableBusinessMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Louisiana is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 Louisiana
7 more, 2 of them athletes.
No one matches both filters.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Louisiana?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Louisiana’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Louisiana 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)
- Claude Gillingwater: Johnson Briscoe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lloyd C. Stark: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rowland Louis Johnston: "Kansas City Journal" (Kansas City, MO)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Dyer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Schull: Dan Graur, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons