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Sam Phillips
1923–2003American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ
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Famous people · Florence
Of the 58 famous people born in Florence, an unusual share are musicians
With articles in 36 languages, Sam Phillips is the most widely known. Florence ranks 3rd of the 288 towns in Alabama with anyone listed. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 33 in all. The list comes to 13.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 3 in the typical town in Alabama.
Born here
58
notable people
Best known
Sam Phillips
in 36 Wikipedia languages
First
1823
S. A. M. Wood
Youngest
1997
Chandler Brewer
Most common field
Sports
22 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Florence’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Florence is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 2.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Florence’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 9.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicMilitaryNotableWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageBusinessScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Florence
Sam Phillips has articles in 36 languages, W. C. Handy in 35 and Jonathan Rosenbaum in 20.
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Everyone else born in Florence
55 more, 22 of them athletes.
Oscar Stanton De Priest
1871–1951American politician and civil rights advocate
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E. H. Ijams
1886–1982Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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A chosen home
Also called Florence home
Born elsewhere, John Coffee lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Florence 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 (16)
- Sam Phillips: The Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. C. Handy: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Rosenbaum: Kevin B. Lee and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dorrit Hoffleit: State of Connecticut, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett Guthrie: United States House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emmet O'Neal: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Willingham: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Stanton De Priest: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James T. Rapier: U.S. Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dennis Condrey: Scott Teal, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronnie Flippo: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- S. A. M. Wood: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Tate: New York Mets, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Hardwick: AMF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don Leslie Michael: Cambrosch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Coffee: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons