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Hamiet Bluiett
1940–2018American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
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Famous people · Brooklyn
The 4 famous people born in Brooklyn, led by Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett leads the list, covered in 10 languages. Behind the leader come Barry Sumpter and Joe Henry. The first birth on record is Benjamin H. Lucas’, in 1879, and the last Barry Sumpter’s, in 1965. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Hamiet Bluiett
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Benjamin H. Lucas
Youngest
1965
Barry Sumpter
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Brooklyn
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Brooklyn’s famous people were born
Most were born between 1920 and 1969 (3); the busiest decade is the 1940s (1).
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brooklyn is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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Everyone else born in Brooklyn
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Madison’s, with 11.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brooklyn 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 (3)
- Hamiet Bluiett: Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donnie Freeman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Wyrostek: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons