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Famous people · Booneville
6 famous people call Booneville their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American actor Tom Greenway, covered in 8 languages. In the age of mills and railroads, 5 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 15.8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Arkansas has 3.8. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Tom Greenway
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
Aaron Ward
Youngest
1931
Betty Price
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Booneville
Tom Greenway, John P. McConnell and Aaron Ward are written about in 8, 7 and 5 languages.
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#3Through the years
When Booneville’s famous people were born
The 1900s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryPolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Booneville is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 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 Booneville 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)
- John P. McConnell: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Ward: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Floyd Speer: Emmett Francis Collins, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons