#1Famous people · Camilla
15 famous people were born in Camilla, more of them leaders than in most towns
Articles in 12 languages make the african-american boxer Tiger Flowers the best known. Oscar Branch Colquitt and Edward Eugene Cox follow. Between 1920 and 1969, 7 were born, the most of any period. The list runs from Oscar Branch Colquitt, born in 1861, to Grover Stewart, born in 1993.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Tiger Flowers
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1861
Oscar Branch Colquitt
Youngest
1993
Grover Stewart
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Camilla’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Camilla’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Camilla is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Camilla
Two of the three are leaders.
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Everyone else born in Camilla
12 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Camilla 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 (7)
- Tiger Flowers: Chicago Daily News, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Branch Colquitt: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Eugene Cox: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kathryn Stripling Byer: -ted, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Nixon: WI Connection, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeffery P. Hopkins: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Krysta Harden: Ken Hammond, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons