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Buck Showalter
born 1956American baseball player, coach, manager
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Famous people · DeFuniak Springs
Athletes stand out among the 11 famous people born in DeFuniak Springs
Buck Showalter is the best known, with articles in 6 languages. The American football player and coach Kay Stephenson ranks second, ahead of Walt Anderson. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 9 in all. Births span 1897 to 1970, from Lance Richbourg to Ed Robinson.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Buck Showalter
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1897
Lance Richbourg
Youngest
1970
Ed Robinson
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about DeFuniak Springs’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When DeFuniak Springs’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 4 births.
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What DeFuniak Springs is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.8 times the usual share.
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Born in DeFuniak Springs
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in DeFuniak Springs
8 more names, born between 1897 and 1970.
Lance Richbourg
1897–1975American college baseball player, Major League Baseball player, outfielder, college baseball coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is DeFuniak Springs 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 (5)
- Buck Showalter: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Anderson: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Durell Peaden: State of Florida, State Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lance Richbourg: Artist not known, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Shriver: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons