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Recy Taylor
1919–2017American civil rights activist and kidnap victim
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Famous people · Abbeville
Most of the 8 famous people born in Abbeville came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Recy Taylor is the best known, with articles in 9 languages. Second and third on the list are Chris Porter and Al Richardson. Per head, the list is long: 29.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Alabama has 3. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Recy Taylor
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1919
Recy Taylor
Youngest
1988
Monte Lewis
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Abbeville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Abbeville’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Abbeville
Recy Taylor has articles in 9 languages, Chris Porter in 6 and Al Richardson in 4.
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What Abbeville is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.8 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Abbeville 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 (2)
- Recy Taylor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Monte Lewis: DMC511, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons