#1Famous people · Centre
2 famous people call Centre their birthplace
The best known is the American-Australian baseball player Greg Jelks, with articles in 3 languages. The other is Benjamin A Poore. Born in 1863, Benjamin A Poore is the first name on record, and Greg Jelks, born in 1961, the most recent. The longest list in Alabama is Selma’s, with 70 names.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Greg Jelks
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1863
Benjamin A Poore
Youngest
1961
Greg Jelks
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Centre
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Athletes are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Centre 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)
- Greg Jelks: uhcstj, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin A Poore: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons