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Famous people · Columbia
Columbia is the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the American football player Dave Edwards, with articles in 5 languages. The American football player B'Ho Kirkland ranks second, ahead of Bill Pearce. The oldest name on the list belongs to Bill Pearce, born in 1894, the newest to Dave Edwards, born in 1939. The longest list of any town in Alabama belongs to Selma, with 70.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Dave Edwards
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Bill Pearce
Youngest
1939
Dave Edwards
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Columbia
By how many languages cover them, Dave Edwards comes first (5), then B'Ho Kirkland (2) and Bill Pearce (1).
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What Columbia is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Columbia 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 (1)
- Bill Pearce: Florida Gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons