#1Famous people · St. Joseph
Performers stand out among the 57 famous people born in St. Joseph
Best known of all is Eminem, written about in 175 languages. Behind the leader come Jane Wyman and Walter Cronkite. From Levi Ankeny in 1844 to Michael Hill in 1989, the births cover 145 years. More than half were born in the age of mills and railroads, 29 in all.
Born here
57
notable people
Best known
Eminem
in 175 Wikipedia languages
First
1844
Levi Ankeny
Youngest
1989
Michael Hill
Most common field
Politics & Law
14 people
What stands out about St. Joseph’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in St. Joseph
Eminem leads with articles in 175 languages, ahead of Jane Wyman (69) and Walter Cronkite (60).
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Walter Cronkite
1916–2009American broadcast journalist
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What St. Joseph is known for
Set against the usual town, performers come out 2.2 times as common.
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Through the years
When St. Joseph’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 10.
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Everyone else born in St. Joseph
Another 54, the earliest born in 1844.
Arthur Willard Pryor
1870–1942American bandleader, composer, virtuoso trombonist with the Sousa Band
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Richard M. Duncan
1889–1974U.S. Representative from Missouri, and a United States federal judge
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Norman L. Knight
1895–1972American chemist and writer of fantasy and science fiction
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Joseph 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 (15)
- Eminem: Brendan_linden, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Wyman: Eiga no Tomo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Cronkite: Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, Wikimedia Commons
- Coleman Hawkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Webb: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Garrett: Bob Beerman [1], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nellie Tayloe Ross: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shere Hite: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgia Hale: Film screenshot (Charles Chaplin Productions / United Artists), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruth Warrick: Studio Publicity, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Pendergast: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Willard Pryor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Levi Ankeny: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Malin Craig: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Norbert Brodine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons