#1Famous people · Jamestown
Of the 39 famous people born in Jamestown, an unusual share are musicians
Articles in 52 languages make the American singer Peggy Lee the best known. Second place goes to the American novelist and short story writer Louis L'Amour, third to Rodney Stark. The largest group, 25, was born between 1920 and 1969. For every 10,000 residents there are 24.7 on the list, well above the typical North Dakota town’s 5.
Born here
39
notable people
Best known
Peggy Lee
in 52 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Roy S. Durstine
Youngest
1974
Darin Erstad
Most common field
Politics & Law
12 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Jamestown’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Jamestown
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
#1
#2Writing & Arts
Louis L'Amour
1908–1988American novelist and short story writer
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RS#3
Writing & Arts
Rodney Stark
1934–2022American sociologist of religion
18 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Jamestown is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as musicians, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Jamestown’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1920s than in any other decade: 7.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsMusicScience & MedicineNotableFilm, TV & StageMilitaryFaithBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Jamestown
The other 36 span the years 1886 to 1974.
William E. DePuy
1919–1992General of the United States Army and first TRADOC commander
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A chosen home
Also called Jamestown home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Travis Hafner the best known.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jamestown 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 (18)
- Peggy Lee: General Artists Corporation (management), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis L'Amour: Thomas J. Kravitz, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Hieb: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Ramstad: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shadoe Stevens: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darin Erstad: MissChatter on Flickr (Original version) User UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. DePuy: The original uploader was Nobunaga24 at English Wikipedia.Clyde Wilson, Fort Monroe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alma Lutz: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Floyd Roberts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael John Fitzmaurice: United States Army; specific photographer not specified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Myrna Sharlow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David E. Bell: Abbie Rowe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Harvey Brown: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John O. Simonds: Burhead, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Christensen: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George W. Johnson: George H. Cook, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lois Phillips Hudson: Mary Snow, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Hafner: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons