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3 famous people call Hughes their birthplace
Articles in 5 languages make the American musician Ernest Lawlers the best known. Second place goes to the musical artist Sonny Rodgers, third to Forest City Joe. Over 39 years of births, the list goes from Ernest Lawlers (1900) to Sonny Rodgers (1939). The longest list in Arkansas is Fort Smith’s, with 69 names.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Ernest Lawlers
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Ernest Lawlers
Youngest
1939
Sonny Rodgers
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Hughes
Musicians take two of the three places.
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What Hughes is known for
2 of them work in Music, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hughes 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)
- Sonny Rodgers: Eatonland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons