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5 famous people call Paw Paw their birthplace
At the top of the list is the major League Baseball outfielder George Bristow, covered in 3 languages. Jesse Harper and Robben Wright Fleming follow. The largest group, 4, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Over 77 years of births, the list goes from John Alden Shoudy (1839) to Robben Wright Fleming (1916).
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
George Bristow
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
John Alden Shoudy
Youngest
1916
Robben Wright Fleming
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Paw Paw
Athletes take two of the three places.
JH#2
RF#3
Politics & Law
Robben Wright Fleming
1916–2010American lawyer and professor
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Through the years
When Paw Paw’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1880s, at 2.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Paw Paw is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Paw Paw
2 more, from 1839 to 1888.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Paw Paw 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.