#1Famous people · Greenwood
8 famous people from Greenwood, many of them athletes
Trayce Jackson-Davis, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. 5 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Births span 1854 to 2000, from Albert W. Wishard to Trayce Jackson-Davis. Fewer than a quarter of the 407 towns in Indiana with famous people list more.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Trayce Jackson-Davis
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1854
Albert W. Wishard
Youngest
2000
Trayce Jackson-Davis
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Greenwood’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Greenwood’s famous people were born
The 1990s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Greenwood is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Greenwood
Two of the three are athletes.
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Science & Medicine
Harry Morton Fitzpatrick
1886–1949American mycologist
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Greenwood
A further 5 follow, born between 1854 and 1995.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greenwood 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)
- Trayce Jackson-Davis: The Hoosier from Bloomington, IN, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Shelby Howard: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert W. Wishard: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cole Toner: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kurt Vonnegut: Bernard Gotfryd / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob Glidden: Jack Pine, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons