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Famous people · Hephzibah

5 famous people were born in Hephzibah from 1864 to 1989

Articles in 10 languages make the Nigerian-American basketball player-coach Itoro Umoh-Coleman the best known. Cornelius Washington is second and John Wesley Gilbert third. Most were born since 1970: 4 of them. The list’s best known name, Itoro Umoh-Coleman, dates from 1977.

#1 best knownItoro Umoh-ColemanSports · born 1977
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Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Itoro Umoh-Coleman
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1864
John Wesley Gilbert
Youngest
1989
Cornelius Washington
Most common field
Sports
4 people

What stands out about Hephzibah’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Hephzibah’s famous people were born

The 1980s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.

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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Hephzibah

Itoro Umoh-Coleman leads with articles in 10 languages, ahead of Cornelius Washington (4) and John Wesley Gilbert (4).

Itoro Umoh-Coleman#1
Sports

Itoro Umoh-Coleman

born 1977

Nigerian-American basketball player-coach

10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
CW#2
Sports

Cornelius Washington

born 1989

American football player

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
John Wesley Gilbert#3
Faith

John Wesley Gilbert

1864–1923

American archaeologist

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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What Hephzibah is known for

Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.3 times as common.

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Everyone else born in Hephzibah

2 more names, born between 1985 and 1988.

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Austin Steed

born 1988

American basketball player

Wendell Chavous

Wendell Chavous

born 1985

American stock car racing driver

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hephzibah 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.

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