Malden is the birthplace of 4 famous people
At the top of the list is the baseball player Chuck Locke, covered in 4 languages. Hub Pruett is second and Derland Moore third. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.5 on the list, well above the typical Missouri town’s 1.2. The first birth on record is Hub Pruett’s, in 1900, and the last Derland Moore’s, in 1951.

Born in Malden
All three are athletes.
#2When Malden’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Malden is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Malden
1 more, best known first.
Who’s the most famous person from Malden?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Malden’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Malden 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)
- Hub Pruett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons