#1Famous people · Platte City
Platte City is the birthplace of 3 famous people
Most widely known is Guy Brasfield Park, the American politician, with articles in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Andrew Jackson Higgins and Joseph Wayne Mercer. Of the bordering towns, Kansas City has the longest list: 36, with Ed Asner at the top. Born in 1845, Joseph Wayne Mercer is the first name on record, and Andrew Jackson Higgins, born in 1921, the most recent.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Guy Brasfield Park
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
Joseph Wayne Mercer
Youngest
1921
Andrew Jackson Higgins
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Platte City
Leaders take two of the three places.
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What Platte City is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Close by, Kansas City counts 36 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Platte City 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 (3)
- Guy Brasfield Park: MissouriStateArchives, via Flickr; photographer unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Wayne Mercer: W Z Hickman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Asner: Terry Ballard, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons