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Photo: Doncram · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · West Plains
4 famous people call West Plains their birthplace
Articles in 6 languages make the American basketball player Jay Carty the best known. Second and third on the list are Lynn Morris and Stephen W. Thompson. The first birth on record is Stephen W. Thompson’s, in 1894, and the last Lynn Morris’, in 1949. Per head, the list is long: 3.2 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Missouri has 1.2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Jay Carty
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Stephen W. Thompson
Youngest
1949
Lynn Morris
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in West Plains
Three names lead: Jay Carty (6 languages), Lynn Morris (2) and Stephen W. Thompson (2).
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Known for
What West Plains is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in West Plains
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called West Plains home
One more notable person made the town home: Daniel Woodrell.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Plains 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.