#1Politics & Law
Sherman Minton
1890–1965US Supreme Court justice from 1949 to 1956
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Famous people · Georgetown
The 3 famous people born in Georgetown, led by Sherman Minton
Sherman Minton is the best known, with articles in 17 languages. Second place goes to the American historian R. Carlyle Buley, third to Simeon K. Wolfe. Over 69 years of births, the list goes from Simeon K. Wolfe (1824) to R. Carlyle Buley (1893). Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 7.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Sherman Minton
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1824
Simeon K. Wolfe
Youngest
1893
R. Carlyle Buley
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Georgetown
Two of the three are leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Georgetown 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)
- Sherman Minton: US Goverment, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- R. Carlyle Buley: Bob Lemen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simeon K. Wolfe: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons