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Sports
Patrick Nix
born 1972American football player and high school coach
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4 famous people were born in Attalla
The best known is the American football player and high school coach Patrick Nix, with articles in 2 languages. Gerald William Barrax, the American writer, comes second, with John Lee Armstrong third. For every 10,000 residents there are 6.9 on the list, well above the typical Alabama town’s 3. The first birth on record is John Lee Armstrong’s, in 1932, and the last Patrick Nix’s, in 1972.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Patrick Nix
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1932
John Lee Armstrong
Youngest
1972
Patrick Nix
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Attalla
Two of the three are athletes.
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JA#3
Through the years
When Attalla’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Attalla is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Attalla
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Gadsden’s, with 55.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Attalla 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.