#1Music
Hal Kemp
1904–1940American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer, and arranger
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Famous people · Marion
17 famous people from Marion, many of them writers and artists
Best known of all is Hal Kemp, written about in 10 languages. The first Lady of the Republic/State of Texas Margaret Lea Houston ranks second, ahead of Jimmie Lee Jackson. Between 1920 and 1969, 8 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Margaret Lea Houston’s, in 1819, and the last Oscar J. Underwood, Jr’s, in 1949.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
Hal Kemp
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1819
Margaret Lea Houston
Youngest
1949
Oscar J. Underwood, Jr
Most common field
Writing & Arts
6 people
What stands out about Marion’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Marion is known for
Set against the usual town, writers and artists come out 3.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Marion
Hal Kemp, Margaret Lea Houston and Jimmie Lee Jackson are written about in 10, 8 and 6 languages.
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#2Notable
Margaret Lea Houston
1819–1867First Lady of the Republic/State of Texas
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Politics & Law
Jimmie Lee Jackson
1938–1965American civil rights activist
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Through the years
When Marion’s famous people were born
The 1850s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Marion
14 more, from 1835 to 1949.
John Trotwood Moore
1858–1929American journalist, writer and local historian
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Zitella Cocke
1840–1929American writer; music teacher, composer. Born– November 10, 1840, Marion, Ala. Parents– Woodson St. George and Mary Elizabeth (Binyon) Cocke. Died December 3, 1929.
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Jean Childs Young
1933–1994American educator and advocate for equal access to education
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Andrew Billingsley
born 1926American sociologist, author, lecturer, college professor, and the 10th President of Morgan State University
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Byron Gunner
1857–1922American minister, educator, newspaper publisher, and civil rights activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marion 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 (9)
- Hal Kemp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Margaret Lea Houston: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- C.H.J. Taylor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Trotwood Moore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Zitella Cocke: Nicola Marschall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Childs Young: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee Cooke: AnNarineht89, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron Gunner: Jeter, Henry N. (Henry Norval), 1851-1938 (Book author), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James Webb Curtis: American Publishing House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons