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Famous people · Greenville
9 famous people were born in Greenville, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
Articles in 14 languages make the American astronomer Alfred Harrison Joy the best known. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970. The first birth on record is Job Adams Cooper’s, in 1843, and the last Clint Tracy’s, in 1974. For every 10,000 residents the town has 12.4, while at least half the towns in Illinois list nobody born there.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Alfred Harrison Joy
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1843
Job Adams Cooper
Youngest
1974
Clint Tracy
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
The best known
Born in Greenville
The three are covered in 14, 9 and 6 languages: Alfred Harrison Joy, Job Adams Cooper and Thomas M. Jett.
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#3Through the years
When Greenville’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
Science & MedicinePolitics & LawNotableMilitaryWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Greenville is known for
The largest field is Science & Medicine, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Greenville
The other 6 span the years 1887 to 1974.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greenville 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)
- Thomas M. Jett: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Merritt: Roger Chang, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons