#1Famous people · Chillicothe
47 famous people were born in Chillicothe, more of them writers and artists than in most towns
Most widely known is Tecumseh, the shawnee Native American military leader, with articles in 50 languages. Behind the leader come Lucy Webb Hayes and Nancy Wilson. 21 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. The first birth on record is Tecumseh’s, in 1768, and the last Drew Basil’s, in 1991.
Born here
47
notable people
Best known
Tecumseh
in 50 Wikipedia languages
First
1768
Tecumseh
Youngest
1991
Drew Basil
Most common field
Writing & Arts
13 people
What stands out about Chillicothe’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Chillicothe is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 2.7 times as common.
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The best known
Born in Chillicothe
Languages with an article: 50 for Tecumseh, 39 for Lucy Webb Hayes, 32 for Nancy Wilson.
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#2Politics & Law
Lucy Webb Hayes
1831–1889First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881
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#3Through the years
When Chillicothe’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1890s, at 5.
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Everyone else born in Chillicothe
44 more, from 1828 to 1991.
Dorothea Rhodes Lummis Moore
1857–1942American physician, writer, newspaper editor, activist
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Frederick Madison Roberts
1879–1952African-American politician, great grandson of Thomas Jefferson
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William Monroe Trotter
1872–1934American newspaper founder, African-American civil rights activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chillicothe 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 (16)
- Tecumseh: attributed to Owen Staples (1866–1949), based on the engraving published by Benson John Lossing[1], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucy Webb Hayes: Daniel Huntington, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nancy Wilson: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Cook: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Mason: National Socialist Movement, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorothea Rhodes Lummis Moore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gardner Murphy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas M. Anderson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Monroe Trotter: Published by Boston City Council, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Douglas: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Burton Egbert Stevenson: War Department. 1789-9/18/1947, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Ulrich Giesy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Martha Finley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrie Williams Clifford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Alton Meyer: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hines: Mike Kalasnik from Fort Mill, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons