#1Famous people · Bluffton
Bluffton’s famous people span 146 years: 10 births from 1842 to 1988
The best known is the American baseball player Everett Scott, with articles in 8 languages. 5 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. The list’s best known name, Everett Scott, dates from 1892. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Everett Scott
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
Daniel W. Waugh
Youngest
1988
Chandler Harnish
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Bluffton
Everett Scott has articles in 8 languages, Don Lash in 6 and Adam Ballinger in 5.
#1DL#2
AB#3
Through the years
When Bluffton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1880s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bluffton is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.4 times.
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 Bluffton
7 more names, born between 1842 and 1988.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Bluffton home
One more notable person made the town home: Oliver Law.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Bluffton?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Bluffton’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bluffton 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 (6)
- Everett Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel W. Waugh: ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chandler Harnish: Kyle Engman, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Marsh: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Verdi Karns: No photographer credited., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Law: William Loren Katz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons