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Famous people · Jefferson City
9 famous people were born in Jefferson City, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Mark Dean, the American computer scientist, with articles in 9 languages. Second place goes to the American baseball player and manager Phil Garner, third to Carolyn Peck. More are athletes than anything else, 4 in all. James H. Peck, born in 1790, is the earliest name and Waylon Lowe, born in 1980, the latest.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Mark Dean
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1790
James H. Peck
Youngest
1980
Waylon Lowe
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Jefferson City
Two of the three are athletes.
#2CP#3
Sports
Carolyn Peck
born 1966American basketball player, coach, sports broadcaster
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Jefferson City’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Jefferson City is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Jefferson City
Here are 6 more, born from 1790 to 1980.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Jefferson City.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jefferson City 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 (6)
- Phil Garner: Scott Ableman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clyde Wright: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James H. Peck: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana X. Bible: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jane Wagner: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. Branner: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons