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Photo: ONUnicorn · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Lawrence
A single famous person was born in Lawrence: Bill Blackbeard
The writer Bill Blackbeard was born in 1926. That places their birth between 1920 and 1969. 4 languages have an article about them. Next door, the list for Indianapolis holds 28, Kurt Vonnegut first.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Bill Blackbeard
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1926
Bill Blackbeard
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Lawrence
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lawrence 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 (1)
- Kurt Vonnegut: Bernard Gotfryd / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons