#1Famous people · Liberty
Liberty is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Articles in 5 languages make the American football player Gabe Jackson the best known. Close behind are Jerry Clower and E.H. Hurst. More than half were born in the age of mills and railroads, 3 in all. The biggest group are leaders: 2.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Gabe Jackson
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
L. C. Bates
Youngest
1991
Gabe Jackson
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Liberty
Languages with an article: 5 for Gabe Jackson, 4 for Jerry Clower, 2 for E.H. Hurst.
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#3Through the years
When Liberty’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawSportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Liberty is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 Liberty
Another 2, the earliest born in 1904.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Liberty 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)
- Gabe Jackson: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Clower: Top Billing INC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- E.H. Hurst: Harold Bridges, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons