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Famous people · Fort Deposit

2 famous people call Fort Deposit their birthplace

Articles in 4 languages make the American football player and coach Richard Williamson the best known. The other is Monk Gafford, the American football player. The first birth on record is Monk Gafford’s, in 1920, and the last Richard Williamson’s, in 1941. 298 towns across Alabama can name a famous person born there.

#2 best knownMonk GaffordSports · 1920–1987
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Richard Williamson
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1920
Monk Gafford
Youngest
1941
Richard Williamson
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Fort Deposit

RW#1
Sports

Richard Williamson

1941–2015

American football player and coach

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Monk Gafford#2
Sports

Monk Gafford

1920–1987

American football player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Deposit 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.

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