#1Famous people · Eufaula
16 famous people from Eufaula, many of them leaders
Articles in 19 languages make the American singer Martha Reeves the best known. Courtney Upshaw, the American football linebacker, comes second, with Frank Clark third. The largest group, 8, was born in the age of mills and railroads. The list comes to 12.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 3 in the typical town in Alabama.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Martha Reeves
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1857
William Henry Harrison Hart
Youngest
1989
Courtney Upshaw
Most common field
Politics & Law
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What stands out about Eufaula’s famous people
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What Eufaula is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 3 times.
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The best known
Born in Eufaula
Counted by languages, Martha Reeves is ahead of Courtney Upshaw and Frank Clark: 19, 7 and 7.
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When Eufaula’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1880s, with 3 people born in that decade.
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Everyone else born in Eufaula
13 more names, born between 1857 and 1979.
Edwin "Pa" Watson
1883–1945Personal Secretary to the President of the United States
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Eufaula 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 (7)
- Martha Reeves: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtney Upshaw: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Clark: George Grantham Bain Collection. Copyright by Clinedinst, Washington, D.C., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- S. Hubert Dent, Jr.: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin "Pa" Watson: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Walter Kehoe: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Henry Harrison Hart: William Dana Hart, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons