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Famous people · Seymour

Seymour is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Articles in 2 languages make the American baseball player Jerry Schoonmaker the best known. Behind the leader come Joe Martin and Roy Ellis. The earliest on the list is Roy Ellis, born in 1888, and the youngest Jerry Schoonmaker, born in 1933. St. Joseph’s 57 names make the longest list in Missouri.

Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Jerry Schoonmaker
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Roy Ellis
Youngest
1933
Jerry Schoonmaker
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Seymour

Two of the three are athletes.

JS#1
Sports

Jerry Schoonmaker

1933–2018

American baseball player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JM#2
Sports

Joe Martin

1911–1960

American baseball player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
RE#3
Politics & Law

Roy Ellis

1888–1972

American university president

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Seymour 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.