#1Famous people · Sikeston
19 famous people were born in Sikeston, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Articles in 16 languages make the American actress Jacqueline Scott the best known. Close behind are Neal E. Boyd and Kenny Hulshof. 4 of them were born since 1970. Only 17 of the 391 towns in Missouri with anyone on record list more.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Jacqueline Scott
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
Charles A. Crow
Youngest
1985
Eric Hurley
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Sikeston’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sikeston’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicBusinessNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sikeston
Languages with an article: 16 for Jacqueline Scott, 11 for Neal E. Boyd, 10 for Kenny Hulshof.
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#2Music
Neal E. Boyd
1975–2018American opera singer, winner of Season 3 of America's Got Talent
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Known for
What Sikeston is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 1.6 times as common.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Sikeston
Another 16, 6 of them athletes.
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A chosen home
Also called Sikeston home
One more notable person made the town home: Terry Teachout.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sikeston 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 (7)
- Jacqueline Scott: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal E. Boyd: Adjacent101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Hulshof: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake DeWitt: MissChatter on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles A. Crow: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Hurley: Joel Dinda aka mwlguide on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Wilder: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons