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Famous people · Rockmart
Rockmart is the birthplace of 6 famous people
Articles in 5 languages make the American actor Danny Roberts the best known. The major League Baseball pitcher Bill Calhoun ranks second, ahead of Mary Cornelia Barker. 4 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. The earliest on the list is Mary Cornelia Barker, born in 1879, and the youngest Danny Roberts, born in 1977.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Danny Roberts
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Mary Cornelia Barker
Youngest
1977
Danny Roberts
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Rockmart
Danny Roberts, Bill Calhoun and Mary Cornelia Barker are written about in 5, 3 and 3 languages.
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#3Science & Medicine
Mary Cornelia Barker
1879–196320 January 1879–15 September 1963 , schoolteacher and teachers' union leader
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Through the years
When Rockmart’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicinePolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Rockmart is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rockmart
3 more, best known first.
Tommie Dora Barker
1888–1978American librarian, founding dean of Emory Library School, and regional field agent for ALA
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rockmart 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 (2)
- Mary Cornelia Barker: Agnes Scott College, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tommie Dora Barker: Agnes Scott College, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons