PL#1
Famous people · Livingston
11 famous people were born in Livingston, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Pete Lovely, the racecar driver, is the most widely known, written about in 17 languages. Second and third on the list are Torey Hayden and Lester Thurow. Half or more of the towns in Montana have no one on record, but this one has 12.5 for every 10,000 residents. The biggest group are athletes: 4.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Pete Lovely
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Ken Niles
Youngest
1961
Kelly Milligan
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Livingston
The three are covered in 17, 12 and 10 languages: Pete Lovely, Torey Hayden and Lester Thurow.
TH#2
Science & Medicine
Torey Hayden
born 1951Child psychologist, teacher, lecturer and non-fiction writer
12 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Writing & Arts
Lester Thurow
1938–2016American journalist and MIT professor of management and economics
10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Livingston’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Livingston is known for
Scientists and doctors stand out most, at 4.6 times the usual share.
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 Livingston
The rest number 8, with 3 athletes among them.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Livingston home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Livingston, though born elsewhere.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Livingston?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Livingston’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Livingston 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 (4)
- Lester Thurow: Regina Kühne, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Bouchee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Berry: User:STB-1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Kirn: Goesseln, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons