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Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Boaz
5 famous people call Boaz their birthplace
Rose Maddox, the American musician, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. Second and third on the list are Tim Hodge and Eddie Priest. The largest group, 3, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 residents, against 3 in the typical town in Alabama.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Rose Maddox
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
John Q. Roberts
Youngest
1974
Eddie Priest
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Boaz’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Boaz’s famous people were born
The 1920s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StageMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Boaz
Rose Maddox, Tim Hodge and Eddie Priest are written about in 9, 3 and 2 languages.
TH#2
EP#3
Known for
What Boaz is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Boaz
2 more, from 1914 to 1938.
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Of the towns around it, Albertville has the most on record: 5.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Boaz 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.
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- Angela Little: E J Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons