#1Famous people · Jasper
6 famous people come from Jasper, Lillian Smith the best known
Lillian Smith is the best known, with articles in 13 languages. Second and third on the list are Alex Brown and Don Bryant. 3 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 19.5 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Lillian Smith
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Stuffy Stewart
Youngest
1979
Alex Brown
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Jasper
Two of the three are athletes.
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#2Sports
Alex Brown
born 1979All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive end
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Through the years
When Jasper’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1890s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Jasper is known for
Jasper has 1.4× the usual share of athletes.
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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Everyone else born in Jasper
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jasper 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)
- Lillian Smith: C. M. Stieglitz, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Brown: this-is-us @ Flickr, CC BY 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuffy Stewart: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Smith: Stefan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard Bembry: Florida House Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons