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FREDERICKTOWN

Most Famous People Born in Fredericktown, United States

Notable people
443
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1921
Most distinctive
Screenwriter 5.7×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Fredericktown during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Fredericktown Is Known For

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Politician is Fredericktown's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (49).

Fredericktown over-indexes on screenwriter5.7× the global rate.

Fredericktown under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician49
  2. Actor35
  3. Writer24
  4. Basket19
  5. Officer13
  6. Football13
  7. Baseball11
  8. Film11
  1. Screenwriter115.7×
  2. Novelist95.1×
  3. Officer134.5×
  4. Basket193.4×
  5. Engineer72.5×
  6. Business102.3×
  7. Baseball112.2×
  8. Film112.0×
  1. Football130.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Fredericktown's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1800185019001950
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  • Writing
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Showing 32 of 443 notable people

0003 HISTORIAN

Timothy D. Snyder

Born 1969

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0025 CREATOR

Mark Rein-Hagen

Born 1964

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0035 PAINTER

Ella Guru

Born 1966

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0046 WRITER

Dave Canterbury

Born 1963

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0058 WRITER

Shira Tarrant

Born 1963

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0064 SCREENWRITER

Dan O'Shannon

Born 1962

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0067 NOVELIST

Linda Castillo

Born 1960

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0068 WRITER

Jenna Black

Born 1965

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0087 WRITER

Lora Leigh

Born 1965

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0088 LAWYER

John Kroger

Born 1966

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0126 SCIENTIST

Marshall Van Alstyne

Born 1962

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0128 FILM

John Roecker

Born 1966

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0132 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Patrick Drew McDaniel

Born 1966

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0147 CHEMIST

Gregory Fu

Born 1963

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0154 POLITICIAN

Paul Nehlen

Born 1969

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0162 HISTORIAN

Steven E. Woodworth

Born 1961

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0166 POLITICIAN

Omar Ahmad (politician)

1964 - 2011

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0167 GUITAR

Ben Jackson (musician)

Born 1963

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0199 POLITICIAN

Phil Lovas

Born 1968

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0200 SCREENWRITER

Nancy Sexton

Born 1969

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0207 FILM

Tony Kern

Born 1969

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0224 MURDER

Christopher Newton (criminal)

1969 - 2007

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0264 EDUCATOR

Laban Coblentz

Born 1961

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0269 DIETITIAN

Jack Norris (activist)

Born 1967

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0278 POLITICIAN

Richard Hodges (American politician)

Born 1963

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0280 BASKET

George Gilmore

Born 1968

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0282 ENTREPRENEUR

Scott Dorsey

Born 1967

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0297 JUDGE

Rebecca Dallet

Born 1969

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0313 SENTENCED

Scott Andrew Mink

1963 - 2004

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0321 CHEMIST

Teresa Head-Gordon

Born 1960

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0369 ACADEMIC

Art Bowker

Born 1961

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0374 ACTOR

Darnell Suttles

Born 1960

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