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Science & Medicine
Robert Daniel Carmichael
1879–1967American mathematician
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Famous people · Goodwater
Robert Daniel Carmichael tops a list of 4 famous people born in Goodwater
Robert Daniel Carmichael, the American mathematician, is the most widely known, written about in 20 languages. Second and third on the list are Jamario Moon and Xavier Moon. The list runs from Robert Daniel Carmichael, born in 1879, to Xavier Moon, born in 1995. The longest list of any town in Alabama belongs to Selma, with 70.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Robert Daniel Carmichael
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Robert Daniel Carmichael
Youngest
1995
Xavier Moon
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Goodwater
First, Robert Daniel Carmichael (20 languages), then Jamario Moon (18) and Xavier Moon (8).
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When Goodwater’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1870s, with 1 births.
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2 of them work in Science & Medicine, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Goodwater 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 (3)
- Jamario Moon: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Xavier Moon: Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Carmichael: Vanderbilt University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons