#1Famous people · Palmyra
Most of the 8 famous people born in Palmyra came into the world in the age of mills and railroads
Skylar Thompson, the American football player, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. The American inventor El Dorado Jones ranks second, ahead of Billy Hart. Per head, the list is long: 22.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Missouri has 1.2. 3 of them are scientists and doctors, more than in any other field.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Skylar Thompson
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
El Dorado Jones
Youngest
1997
Skylar Thompson
Most common field
Science & Medicine
3 people
The best known
Born in Palmyra
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When Palmyra’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1860s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Science & MedicineSportsPolitics & LawNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Palmyra is known for
Palmyra has 6.3× the usual share of scientists and doctors.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Palmyra 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)
- Skylar Thompson: Kansas State Wildcats: K-StateOnline, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick S. Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Henry Bias: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julia Duncan Brown Asplund: American Club Woman Publishing Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Payne Jackson: "Assembly" magazine. F. H. S., author. William L. Kost, editor. Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy, publisher. Via West Point Digital Library., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons