40.0003° N, 89.2504° W

MOUNT PULASKI

Most Famous People Born in Mount Pulaski, United States

Notable people
414
Peak decade
1900s
Median birth year
1920
Most distinctive
Coach 7.0×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Mount Pulaski Is Known For

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Actor is Mount Pulaski's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (44).

Mount Pulaski over-indexes on coach7.0× the global rate.

Mount Pulaski under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Actor44
  2. Politician38
  3. Baseball20
  4. Football20
  5. Basket16
  6. Film11
  7. Singer10
  8. Writer10
  1. Coach67.0×
  2. Producer65.1×
  3. Novelist74.3×
  4. Baseball204.3×
  5. Screenwriter73.9×
  6. Officer93.3×
  7. Basket163.1×
  8. Photographer52.5×
  1. Football200.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

18001850190019502000
  • Sports
  • Film & TV
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Science
  • Art & Design
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414 notable people

0001 BAND

Black Hawk (Sauk leader)

1767 - 1838

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0002 BIOLOGIST

Jerry Coyne

Born 1949

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0003 SINGER

Kiiara

Born 1995

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0004 TOCHTER

Cynthia Ann Parker

1827 - 1870

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0005 WRITER

Wallace Wattles

1860 - 1911

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0006 CRIMINAL

Kent Hovind

Born 1953

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0007 SCREENWRITER

Kay Cannon

Born 1974

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0008 POET

Don Marquis

1878 - 1937

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0009 MILITAR

Bonner Fellers

1896 - 1973

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0010 SINGER

Tex Williams

1917 - 1985

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0011 PHILOSOPHER

Marilyn McCord Adams

1943 - 2017

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0012 FILM

James Edward Grant

1905 - 1966

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0013 ACTOR

Alyvia Alyn Lind

Born 2007

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0014 ACTOR

Nicole Ray (actrice pornographique)

Born 1989

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0015 MUSIC

Peter Ivers

1946 - 1983

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0016 PHYSICIST

Russell Targ

Born 1934

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0017 DESIGNER

Gordon Buehrig

1904 - 1990

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0018 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Renato Rosaldo

Born 1941

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0019 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Nicholas Dirks

Born 1950

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0020 ANIMATOR

Gerry Chiniquy

1912 - 1989

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0021 ILLUSTRATOR

Milo Winter

1888 - 1956

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0022 AUTHOR

Samuel Putnam

1892 - 1950

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0023 ACTOR

Ben Carruthers

1936 - 1983

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0024 SINGER

Christine Brewer

Born 1955

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0025 CHOREOGRAPHER

Marcia Moretto

1949 - 1981

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0026 NATURALIST

Stephen Alfred Forbes

1844 - 1930

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0027 MUSIC

George Barnes (musician)

1921 - 1977

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0028 FILM

Myron Coureval Fagan

1887 - 1972

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0029 ENGINEER

John Cioffi

Born 1956

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0030 BASEBALL

Bob Turley

1930 - 2013

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0031 BOTANIST

J. William Schopf

Born 1941

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0032 BASEBALL

Joe McGinnity

1871 - 1929

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0033 GENETICIST

Harriet Creighton

1909 - 2004

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0034 SINGER

Vaughn De Leath

1894 - 1943

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0035 SPORT

Steph Davis

Born 1973

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0036 SCREENWRITER

Scot Armstrong

Born 1970

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0037 BASEBALL

Joe Charboneau

Born 1955

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0038 FILM

Ted J. Kent

1901 - 1986

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0039 ACTOR

Tom Mason

1920 - 1980

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0040 PHOTOGRAPHER

John Stanmeyer

Born 1964

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0041 SOCIOLOGIST

Joan Acker

1924 - 2016

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0042 BASEBALL

Wes Parker

Born 1939

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0043 PHILOSOPHER

Louis Pojman

1935 - 2005

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0044 ARTS

Dorothy Buffum Chandler

1901 - 1997

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0045 ACTOR

Jean Yoon

Born 1962

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0046 CONDUCTOR

Martin Pearlman

Born 1945

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0047 CINEMA

Charles P. Boyle

1892 - 1968

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0048 AUTHOR

John Gierach

Born 1946

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0049 PROFESSOR

William Albrecht

1888 - 1974

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0050 ACTOR

Felisha Terrell

Born 1979

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0051 MINISTER

Bill Gothard

Born 1934

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0052 ACTOR

Pat Harmon

1886 - 1958

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0053 SCREENWRITER

Adam Beechen

Born 1968

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0054 FILM

Al Clark (film editor)

1902 - 1971

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0055 SPECIAL EFFECTS

Louis Mesenkop

1903 - 1974

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0056 GOLF

John Maxwell (golfer)

1871 - 1906

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0057 MUSIC

Ernest Dawkins

Born 1953

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0058 ACTOR

Jack Creley

1926 - 2004

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0059 POLITICIAN

Ashton C. Shallenberger

1862 - 1938

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0060 DRUMMER

Blake Fleming

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0061 SCENOGRAPHER

Robert Clatworthy (art director)

1911 - 1992

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0062 FOOTBALL

Mac Speedie

1920 - 1993

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0063 POET

Linda Gregerson

Born 1950

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0064 GOVERNMENT

Eric Hargan

Born 1968

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0065 ANIMATION

Carl Urbano

1910 - 2003

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0066 ACTOR

David Cromer

Born 1964

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0067 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

George Gaines (set decorator)

1933 - 1986

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0068 CELLIST

Robby Steinhardt

Born 1950

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0069 FILM

Patrick Read Johnson

Born 1962

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0070 FOOTBALL

Raphael Tracey

1904 - 1975

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0071 BIOLOGIST

Mary Alice McWhinnie

1922 - 1980

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0072 AUTHOR

Roxanna Brown

1946 - 2008

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0073 POLITICIAN

Reshma Saujani

Born 1975

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0074 MUSIC

Charlie Adams (drummer)

Born 1954

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0075 LAWYER

O. John Rogge

1903 - 1981

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0076 ATHLETE

Ben Kanute

Born 1992

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0077 ACTOR

Margaret McWade

1871 - 1956

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0078 BASKET

Johnny Jorgensen

1921 - 1973

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0079 PRODUCER

Jim Staley

Born 1950

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0080 OFFICER

Thomas O. Staggs

Born 1961

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0081 FATHER

Ellen Dissanayake

Born 1950

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0082 BOXER

Mike Mollo

Born 1980

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0083 JUMPER

Chris Kappler

Born 1967

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0084 AUTHOR

Brian Hodge

Born 1960

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0085 SPORT

Charles Brown (roque player)

1867 - 1937

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0086 POLITICIAN

Albinus Nance

1848 - 1911

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0087 OFFICER

Harris Laning

1873 - 1941

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0088 AUTHOR

Valerie Taylor (novelist)

1913 - 1997

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0089 MILITAR

Robert A. McClure

1897 - 1957

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0090 LAWYER

Dana Boente

Born 1954

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0091 BASKET

Whitey Kachan

1925 - 1993

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0092 MILITAR

Frances Clayton

1830 - 1863

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0093 ACTOR

Mark Venturini

1961 - 1996

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0094 WRITER

Anne Oterholm

Born 1964

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0095 GOLF

Douglass Cadwallader

1884 - 1971

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0096 ACTOR

Caroline Cooke

1875 - 1962

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0097 BASEBALL

Josh Paul

Born 1975

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0098 SPORT

Charles Thias

1879 - 1922

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0099 ACTOR

Peter Coffield

1945 - 1983

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0100 ACTOR

John Collum

1926 - 1962

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0101 PRODUCER

Lester Lewis

1966 - 2013

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0102 BASEBALL

Rob Mackowiak

Born 1976

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0103 ARCHITECT

Thomas H. Beeby

Born 1941

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0104 ACTOR

Alexa Benson

Born 1988

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0105 TEACHER

R. Rox Anderson

Born 1950

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0106 YOUTUBE PERSONALITY

Nick Fuentes

Born 1998

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0107 ACTOR

Casey Roberts

1901 - 1949

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0108 BASEBALL

Rick Short

Born 1972

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0109 POLITICIAN

Dan Seals (politician)

Born 1971

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0110 BUSINESS

Robert Greenblatt

Born 1960

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0111 MUSIC

Sax Mallard

1915 - 1986

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0112 WRITER

Robert Siegel (author)

1939 - 2012

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0113 ACTOR

Richard Allan

1923 - 1999

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0114 ARTIST

Nick Drnaso

Born 1989

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0115 ACTOR

Lexie Bigham

1968 - 1995

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0116 BASEBALL

Justin Hampson

Born 1980

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0117 ACTOR

Bambi Allen

1938 - 1973

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0118 CINEMA

Harry Hallenberger

1877 - 1954

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0119 FOOTBALL

Desmond Bryant

Born 1985

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0120 SINGER

Gina Glocksen

Born 1984

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0121 MUSIC

Dick Wilson (musician)

1911 - 1941

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0122 SCENOGRAPHER

Louis Diage

1905 - 1979

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0123 WRITER

Hemant Mehta

Born 1983

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0124 NOVELIST

W. Ryerson Johnson

1901 - 1995

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0125 AUTHOR

Nicole D. Peeler

Born 1978

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0126 BASEBALL

Sean Bergman

Born 1970

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0127 FILM

Andrew J. Kuehn

1937 - 2004

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0128 POLITICIAN

Victor Heintz

1876 - 1968

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0129 MUSIC

Jennifer Leitham

Born 1953

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0130 ART DIRECTOR

John DuCasse Schulze

1876 - 1943

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0131 BASEBALL

Rodney Myers

Born 1969

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0132 SINGER

Christopher Hall (musician)

Born 1965

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0133 SCREENWRITER

Basil Dickey

1880 - 1958

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0134 FILM

Scott Masters

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0135 GO PLAYER

Janice Kim

Born 1969

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0136 ARTIST

Steve Calvert

1916 - 1991

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0137 ARTIST

Tami Lane

Born 1974

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0138 INVESTMENT

Jack Ryan (politician)

Born 1959

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0139 POLITICIAN

Jovita Carranza

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0140 ACTOR

Dorothy Van

1928 - 2002

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0141 FOOTBALL

Lloyd Burdick

1908 - 1945

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0142 ACTOR

Virginia Vance

1902 - 1942

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0143 TRANSLATOR

Robert Epp

Born 1926

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0144 PROFESSOR

David Batstone

-

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0145 DRIVER

Floyd Davis

1909 - 1977

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0146 JOURNALIST

Milton Mayer

1908 - 1986

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0147 WRITER

Durk Pearson

Born 1943

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0148 NOVELIST

Therese Fowler

Born 1967

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0149 FOOTBALL

Kevin Walter

Born 1981

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0150 JOURNALIST

Todd S. Purdum

Born 1959

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0151 BASKET

Chris Lutz

Born 1985

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0152 CHAPLAIN

Daniel Coughlin

Born 1934

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0153 ACTOR

Parvesh Cheena

Born 1979

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0154 NOVELIST

Thomas Calvert McClary

1909 - 1972

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0155 BOTANIST

Edwin Earle Honey

1891 - 1956

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0156 PRODUCER

Marlo Lewis

1915 - 1993

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0157 ACTOR

Betty Mack

1901 - 1980

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0158 WRITER

Nell Martin

1890 - 1961

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0159 MILITAR

William G. Bainbridge

1925 - 2008

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0160 NOVELIST

Stacia Kane

Born 1977

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0161 YOUTUBER

Jaclyn Hill

Born 1990

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0162 PRODUCER

Steve Latshaw

Born 1959

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0163 ACTOR

Kyle McCarley

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0164 BASEBALL

Les Filkins

Born 1956

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0165 ARTIST

Paul Julian (artist)

1914 - 1995

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0166 ORGANBUILDER

Murray M. Harris

1866 - 1922

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0167 AKTIVIST

Debi Austin

1950 - 2013

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0168 SHERIFF

Ben Daniels (pioneer)

1852 - 1923

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0169 DESIGNER

Wolfgang Baur

Born 1968

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0170 BASEBALL

Jon Debus

Born 1958

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0171 ACTOR

Jason Burkey

Born 1985

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0172 ACTOR

David Holliday

1932 - 1999

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0173 INVENTOR

John Miller (entrepreneur)

1872 - 1941

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0174 OFFICER

Christian F. Schilt

1895 - 1987

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0175 SINGER

Laura Smith (blues singer)

1882 - 1932

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0176 COMPOSER

Kurt Farquhar

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0177 ACTOR

Jack Ingram (actor)

1902 - 1969

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0178 BUSINESS

Steve Kaplan (entrepreneur)

Born 1960

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0179 CONVICT

Cathleen Mae Webb

1961 - 2008

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0180 SCREENWRITER

Marcella Burke

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0181 FOOTBALL

Sid Gepford

1895 - 1924

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0182 POLITICIAN

O. E. Hailey

1870 - 1958

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0183 ACTOR

Robin Raymond

1916 - 1994

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0184 BISHOP

Edward William O'Rourke

1917 - 1999

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0185 POLITICIAN

Edward A. Gilbert

Born 1854

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0186 SCREENWRITER

Donna Franceschild

Born 1953

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0187 FAMILY

Adrian Dalsey

1914 - 1994

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0188 ACTOR

Ruth Godfrey (actress)

1922 - 1985

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0189 MANAGER

Larry Robbins

Born 1969

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0190 LAWYER

Michael W. Grebe

-

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0191 ENTOMOLOGIST

Maurice Cole Tanquary

1881 - 1944

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0192 SUPERCENTENÁRI

Fannie Thomas

1867 - 1981

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0193 SOCIOLOGY

Lois B. DeFleur

Born 1936

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0194 SCREENWRITER

Mauri Grashin

1901 - 1991

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0195 FOOTBALL

Clarence Stasavich

1913 - 1975

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0196 PHOTOGRAPHER

Brian Walski

Born 1958

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0197 PHOTOGRAPHER

Kyle Thompson (photographer)

Born 1992

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0198 PRESENTER

Kristine Hanson

Born 1951

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0199 BASEBALL

Fred Campbell (basketball)

1920 - 2008

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0200 MOUNTAINEER

Daniel Mazur

Born 1960

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0201 FOOTBALL

Walter D. Graham

1885 - 1927

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0202 GENETICIST

John C. DeFries

Born 1934

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0203 BOTANIST

W. John Kress

Born 1951

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0204 WEATHERMAN

Tex Antoine

1923 - 1983

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0205 FOOTBALL

Marion Ashmore

1899 - 1948

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0206 MISSING

James Fisher (president)

Born 1931

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0207 ARTIST

kari edwards

1954 - 2006

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0208 POLITICIAN

Don Knabe

Born 1943

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0209 BUSINESS

Jack Schwarz

1896 - 1987

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0210 HISTORIAN

June Zimmerman Fullmer

1920 - 2000

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0211 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Dana S. Nau

Born 1951

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0212 MILITAR

George W. Lucas

1845 - 1921

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0213 MARTIAL ART

Steve Kozola

Born 1989

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0214 LAWYER

Wendell P. Kay

1913 - 1986

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0215 ACTRESS

Maritza Medina

Born 1969

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0216 CINEMA

James Sweeney (film editor)

1901 - 1957

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0217 PRODUCER

Nikol Hasler

Born 1979

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0218 OFFICER

Otto Dowling

1881 - 1946

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0219 FILM

Edgar Barens

-

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0220 WRITER

Nell Kimball

1854 - 1934

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0221 ACTOR

I.M. Hobson

1935 - 2003

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0222 SOLDAD

Frances Hook

1847 - 1908

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0223 SURGEON

Joseph P. Moran

1895 - 1934

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0224 NOVELIST

Dennis Schmidt (author)

1939 - 2003

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0225 FIGHTER

Joseph Lowe

1845 - 1899

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0226 CARTOONIST

George Metzger

Born 1939

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0227 MURDER

Luis Macedo

Born 1988

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0228 ACTIVIST

Norm Magnusson

Born 1960

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0229 ACTOR

Prince Hughes

1947 - 2004

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0230 ANIMATOR

Bob Carlson

1906 - 1990

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0231 ARMY

Joseph A. McChristian

1914 - 2005

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0232 POLITICIAN

Chuck Riley (politician)

Born 1939

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0233 BASKET

Kendall Stephens

Born 1994

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0234 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Theodore D. McCown

1908 - 1969

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0235 POLITICIAN

Faisal Vawda

-

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0236 PASTOR

Scott Bauer

1954 - 2003

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0237 BASKET

Jake Nagode

1915 - 1976

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0238 ACTOR

Hugh Prosser

1900 - 1952

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0239 POLITICIAN

Burke Harr

Born 1971

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0240 COACH

Justa Lindgren

1878 - 1951

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0241 COMEDIAN

Mark Fite

-

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0242 ACTOR

Gracia Lee

1926 - 1995

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0243 SINGER

Linda Waterfall

1950 - 2019

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0244 ACTOR

Michelle Shields

-

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0245 BASKET

Tom Parker (basketball)

Born 1950

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0246 SOLDIER

Frank H. Reid

1844 - 1898

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0247 PLAYER

Rollin Feitshans

1881 - 1952

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0248 POLITICIAN

Elizabeth Scott (politician)

Born 1966

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0249 SPORT

Jim Cook

1921 - 1983

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0250 POLITICIAN

Tana Senn

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0251 WRITER

Eda Lord

1907 - 1976

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0252 BUSINESS

Jim Starkey

Born 1949

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0253 LAWYER

Jerome Gilson

Born 1931

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0254 SCIENCE

Ramón E. López

Born 1959

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0255 JAZZ

Frank Basile

Born 1978

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0256 ACADEMIC

Elijah Clarence Hills

1867 - 1932

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0257 POLITICIAN

Gary Pierce

Born 1952

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0258 ENGINEER

Mohammad Shahidehpour

-

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0259 ACTOR

Christian Taylor (Pornodarsteller)

Born 1980

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0260 AEROSPACE

Earle Ovington

1879 - 1936

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0261 FOOTBALL

George Babcock (American football)

1899 - 1988

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0262 MUSIC

Jim Boggio

1939 - 1996

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0263 ACTOR

Belle Montrose

1886 - 1964

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0264 COACH

John T. Ewing

1856 - 1926

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0265 ACTOR

Bobby Lauher

1930 - 1973

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0266 POLITICIAN

John L. Bacon

1878 - 1961

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0267 BASKET

Joe Simmons (coach)

1895 - 1973

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0268 MEDIA

Margaret Mary Ray

1952 - 1998

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0269 POLITICIAN

Kathy Saltzman

Born 1955

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0270 ANCHOR

Leland Vittert

-

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0271 SERGEANT

Moses A. Luce

1842 - 1933

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0272 FILM

James Leo Meehan

1891 - 1943

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0273 SINGER

Tori Sparks

Born 1983

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0274 COSTUME DESIGNER

Natalie Visart

1910 - 1986

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0275 ACTOR

Mark Scott (actor)

1915 - 1960

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0276 POLITICIAN

Kristine Lytton

-

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0277 BASKET

George Evans (coach)

1901 - 1976

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0278 POLITICIAN

Andrea Kieffer

Born 1964

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0279 DRUMMER

Lauren Barlow

Born 1985

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0280 SOCIOLOGIST

Georgiann Davis

-

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0281 CONVICT

Michael Alfonso (murderer)

Born 1969

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0282 ARCHITECT

George Bigelow Rogers

1869 - 1945

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0283 MINER

John Phillip White

1870 - 1934

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0284 COMPOSER

Troy Sanders (composer)

1901 - 1959

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0285 LITERARY

Hua Hsu

-

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0286 MISSING

Lisa Stebic

Born 1969

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0287 JUDGE

Maurice B. Foley

Born 1960

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0288 POLITICIAN

Napoleon Bonaparte Brown

1834 - 1910

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0289 PHYSICIST

Paul Kintner

1946 - 2010

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0290 BASKET

Eddie Smith (basketball)

Born 1983

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0291 FOOTBALL

Bernie Leahy

1908 - 1978

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0292 DIPLOMAT

Derek Chollet

-

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0293 ARTIST

Angel Acevedo

Born 1982

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0294 MUSIC

Mark McCoy

Born 1975

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0295 RESTAURATEUR

Roy W. Allen

1882 - 1968

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0296 JUDGE

Joseph W. Nega

Born 1959

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0297 ADMIRAL

Lyle F. Bull

1938 - 2018

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0298 ACADEMIC

Gregory L. Lucente

1948 - 1997

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0299 PLAYER

Kreigh Collins

1875 - 1909

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0300 BASEBALL

Fred Cooke

1873 - 1923

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