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Famous people · Eutaw
Eutaw counts 14 famous people, first among them Calvin Davis
Articles in 15 languages make the American athletics competitor Calvin Davis the best known. 6 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. Fewer than a quarter of the 288 towns in Alabama with famous people list more. More are athletes than anything else, 5 in all.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Calvin Davis
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1841
George Washington Clark
Youngest
1995
Jimmie Taylor
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Eutaw
Three names lead: Calvin Davis (15 languages), William Marmaduke Kavanaugh (9) and George F. Elliott (7).
#2Politics & Law
William Marmaduke Kavanaugh
1866–1915American politician
9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Military
George F. Elliott
1846–1931United States Marine Corps Commandant
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Eutaw’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1860s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableMilitaryBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Eutaw is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.4 times.
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Everyone else born in Eutaw
Of the other 11, 5 are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Eutaw 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 (8)
- William Marmaduke Kavanaugh: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George F. Elliott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver H. Cross: Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives (Washington, DC)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Bacon Oliver: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmie Taylor: Keres 40, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Daniels: BCBFraser, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bo Scarbrough: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Leonard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons