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Robert D. Bullard
born 1946American sociologist known as the father of environmental justice
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Famous people · Elba
Elba is the birthplace of 6 famous people
Robert D. Bullard is the best known, with articles in 7 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 4 of them. The list comes to 17.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 3 in the typical town in Alabama. The earliest on the list is A. Wynn Howell, born in 1912, and the youngest Alex Wright, born in 2000.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Robert D. Bullard
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1912
A. Wynn Howell
Youngest
2000
Alex Wright
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Elba
Robert D. Bullard has articles in 7 languages, Doug Sims in 5 and A. Wynn Howell in 3.
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Through the years
When Elba’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Elba is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 2.4 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elba 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)
- Robert D. Bullard: Dave Brenner, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doug Sims: Kent State University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons