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Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Famous people · Lexington
2 famous people were born in Lexington
Frank Nunley, the American football player, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The other is Bill Jones. Over 9 years of births, the list goes from Bill Jones (1936) to Frank Nunley (1945). 295 towns in Alabama have at least one famous person on record.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Frank Nunley
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1936
Bill Jones
Youngest
1945
Frank Nunley
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Lexington
BJ#2
Sports
Bill Jones
1936–2008American basketball head coach and athletic director
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lexington 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.