Photo: TulGuy · CC BY 4.0Morris is the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the American football player Bob Reynolds, with articles in 3 languages. Ralph Schilling and Toy Ledbetter follow. Births span 1914 to 1933, from Bob Reynolds to Donna Nigh. The biggest group are athletes: 3.
Born in Morris
The three are covered in 3, 2 and 2 languages: Bob Reynolds, Ralph Schilling and Toy Ledbetter.
Ralph Schilling
1921–1994American football player and university president
When Morris’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Morris is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 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 else born in Morris
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Morris 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.