#1Famous people · Fillmore
10 famous people were born in Fillmore, more of them leaders than in most towns
Culbert Olson, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. More than half were born in the age of mills and railroads, 8 in all. Per head, the list is long: 37.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Utah has 0.5. Fewer than a quarter of the 120 towns in Utah with famous people list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Culbert Olson
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
William H. King
Youngest
1982
Jesse Boone
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Fillmore’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Fillmore is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.9 times.
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 Fillmore
By how many languages cover them, Culbert Olson comes first (13), then William H. King (11) and Sam Melville (10).
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#3Through the years
When Fillmore’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1860s, at 2.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Fillmore
Of the other 7, 4 are leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fillmore 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)
- Culbert Olson: Los Angeles Daily News, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. King: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Melville: ABC Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arnold Williams: Marian Dykman, editor. University of Idaho (Moscow, ID), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alice Merrill Horne: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donald Beauregard: Stewart Young, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons