#1Famous people · Gainesville
5 famous people were born in Gainesville from 1835 to 1939
At the top of the list is the player of American football Buck Buchanan, covered in 9 languages. The American country blues musician Jaybird Coleman ranks second, ahead of Alexander White Baldwin. The list’s best known name, Buck Buchanan, dates from 1939. The longest list of any town in Alabama belongs to Selma, with 70.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Buck Buchanan
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1835
Alexander White Baldwin
Youngest
1939
Buck Buchanan
Most common field
Sports
1 people
What stands out about Gainesville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Gainesville’s famous people were born
The 1830s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Gainesville
Buck Buchanan has articles in 9 languages, Jaybird Coleman in 5 and Alexander White Baldwin in 4.
#1JC#2
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Politics & Law
Alexander White Baldwin
1835–1869United States federal judge
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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What Gainesville is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gainesville 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 (2)
- Buck Buchanan: Jeno's, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maria Fearing: William A. Reed (1847-1906), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons