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Famous people · Gadsden
Of the 55 famous people born in Gadsden, an unusual share are musicians
The best known is the American rapper Yelawolf, with articles in 29 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 39 were born, the most of any period. Only 3 of the 294 towns in Alabama with anyone on record list more. The earliest on the list is Bassett Maguire, born in 1904, and the youngest Lainey Reid, born in 1998.
Born here
55
notable people
Best known
Yelawolf
in 29 Wikipedia languages
First
1904
Bassett Maguire
Youngest
1998
Lainey Reid
Most common field
Sports
22 people
What stands out about Gadsden’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Gadsden is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as musicians, at 3 times.
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 Gadsden’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 13 in all.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageBusinessScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Gadsden
Ranked by languages covered: Yelawolf with 29, then Beth Grant with 25 and Roy Moore with 20.
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Everyone else born in Gadsden
The rest number 52, with 22 athletes among them.
Mathew Knowles
born 1952American music executive, businessman, record producer, and manager
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Patricia Swift Blalock
1914–2011American librarian and human rights activist
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door
Attalla leads the towns around it, with 4 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gadsden 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 (15)
- Beth Grant: Greg Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Moore: BibleWizard, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phillip Alford: trailer screenshot (Universal Pictures), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Allen: U.S. Senate Historical Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore J. Lowi: Skranish, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Swindall: official house photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clever: Hannah Hope Photography, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dre Kirkpatrick: Navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Hood: Ttownfeen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cadillac Williams: No machine-readable author provided. JGlover assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Boley: Coingeek, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Grissom: Ed McDonald, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ted Sizemore: St. Louis Cardinals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willis Ward: Photographer not named, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brodie Croyle: Conman33, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons