#1Film, TV & Stage
James Stewart
1908–1997American actor and military officer
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Famous people · Indiana
Indiana, birthplace of James Stewart and 13 more famous people
The American actor and military officer James Stewart is written about in 97 languages. For every 10,000 residents the town has 9.9, while at least half the towns in Pennsylvania list nobody born there. The largest group, 6, was born between 1920 and 1969. Leaders make up the largest group, 4 of them.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
James Stewart
in 97 Wikipedia languages
First
1815
Alexander Wilson Taylor
Youngest
1978
Steve Wheatcroft
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Indiana’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Indiana
Languages with an article: 97 for James Stewart, 45 for Edward Abbey, 39 for Renée Fleming.
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#3Through the years
When Indiana’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Politics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageSportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Indiana is known for
Indiana has 3.9× the usual share of musicians.
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Everyone else born in Indiana
11 more, 4 of them leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Indiana 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 (8)
- James Stewart: Studio publicity still, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Abbey: Photo by Woody Hilbert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Renée Fleming: The White House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patricia Robertson: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Sonni: Zoran Veselinovic, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul McCandless: Svíčková, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Steel Blair: J. Simpson Africa, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lincoln Loy McCandless: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons