#1Famous people · Bellefontaine
24 famous people were born in Bellefontaine, more of them writers and artists than in most towns
The best known is the American cartoonist Kin Hubbard, with articles in 22 languages. Second place goes to the American anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits, third to Ed Ratleff. The largest group, 12, was born in the age of mills and railroads. For every 10,000 residents the town has 17.4, while at least half the towns in Ohio list nobody born there.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Kin Hubbard
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1840
Robert P. Kennedy
Youngest
1988
Bethany Dillon
Most common field
Writing & Arts
6 people
What stands out about Bellefontaine’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Bellefontaine is known for
Set against the usual town, soldiers and sailors come out 3.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Bellefontaine
Kin Hubbard leads with articles in 22 languages, ahead of Melville J. Herskovits (17) and Ed Ratleff (14).
#1MH#2
Writing & Arts
Melville J. Herskovits
1895–1963American anthropologist
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#3Through the years
When Bellefontaine’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1890s come out on top, with 3 births.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawMilitaryBusinessMusicFaithFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bellefontaine
21 more, 5 of them athletes.
Charles C. McCracken
1882–19576th President of the University of Connecticut
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bellefontaine 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 (19)
- Kin Hubbard: Published by Teachers Journal Printing Co, Marion, Ind, 1908, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Ratleff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sami Callihan: Marshall658, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Otten: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bethany Dillon: Kevin Stabinsky (USAG Fort McPherson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julius Chambers: uncredited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mac Otten: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert P. Kennedy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles L. Faust: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Flora: Trevorjgregory, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moses A. McCoid: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Huston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman P. Faris: Herman P. Faris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul D. Bergen: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Livingston Hopkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert A. McIntosh: US Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. M. Kiplinger: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Lord Wright: not credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles C. McCracken: by Stemmons, Walter, b. 1884; Schenker, André, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons