#1Famous people · Guntersville
Guntersville’s famous people span 117 years: 4 births from 1845 to 1962
Joe Starnes, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are John Allan Wyeth and Jeanette Scissum. The list’s best known name, Joe Starnes, dates from 1895. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 4.5, close to the 3 of the typical Alabama town.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Joe Starnes
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
John Allan Wyeth
Youngest
1962
Willard Scissum
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Guntersville
Joe Starnes, John Allan Wyeth and Jeanette Scissum are written about in 7, 5 and 4 languages.
#1#2#3Science & Medicine
Jeanette Scissum
born 1939American mathematician and space scientist
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Guntersville’s famous people were born
The 1890s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawMilitaryScience & MedicineSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Guntersville is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Guntersville 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 (4)
- Joe Starnes: Harris & Ewing, official White House photographers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Allan Wyeth: Wellcome Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanette Scissum: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willard Scissum: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons