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Photo: Sharon Phelan Evans · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Vestavia Hills
2 famous people come from Vestavia Hills, Michael Papajohn the best known
Michael Papajohn, the American character actor, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. The other is Floyd Franks, the American soccer player. Next door, the list for Birmingham holds 45, Condoleezza Rice first. The oldest name on the list belongs to Michael Papajohn, born in 1964, the newest to Floyd Franks, born in 1984.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Michael Papajohn
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1964
Michael Papajohn
Youngest
1984
Floyd Franks
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Vestavia Hills
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What Vestavia Hills is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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Around it, Birmingham has the most people on record, 45 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Vestavia Hills 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)
- Condoleezza Rice: Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marlon Humphrey: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ameer Abdullah: Thundrplaya, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons