#1Famous people · Leighton
3 famous people come from Leighton, Percy Sledge the best known
Percy Sledge, the American singer, is the most widely known, written about in 43 languages. Second and third on the list are Leon Douglas and Lefty Bates. Over 34 years of births, the list goes from Lefty Bates (1920) to Leon Douglas (1954). The longest list of any town in Alabama belongs to Selma, with 70.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Percy Sledge
in 43 Wikipedia languages
First
1920
Lefty Bates
Youngest
1954
Leon Douglas
Most common field
Music
2 people
What stands out about Leighton’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Leighton
Musicians take two of the three places.
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Known for
What Leighton is known for
2 of them work in Music, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Leighton 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 (1)
- Percy Sledge: Gene Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons