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Famous people · Scottsburg

4 famous people call Scottsburg their birthplace

Hubert Buchanan, the American pilot, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second place goes to the austin Peay women's basketball head coach Carrie Daniels, third to Joe Cravens. The list runs from Hubert Buchanan, born in 1941, to Carrie Daniels, born in 1972. Half or more of the towns in Indiana have no one on record, but this one has 5.4 for every 10,000 residents.

#1 best knownHubert BuchananNotable · born 1941
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Hubert Buchanan
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1941
Hubert Buchanan
Youngest
1972
Carrie Daniels
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known

Born in Scottsburg

Two of the three are athletes.

Hubert Buchanan#1
Notable

Hubert Buchanan

born 1941

American Pilot

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CD#2
Sports

Carrie Daniels

born 1972

Austin Peay women's basketball head coach

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JC#3
Sports

Joe Cravens

born 1954

American basketball player-coach

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Scottsburg’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 2.

The American centuryToday19502000Hubert Buchanan
SportsNotablePolitics & Law

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What Scottsburg is known for

Share of Scottsburg’s famous people in each field.

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Everyone

Everyone else born in Scottsburg

1 more, best known first.

SD

Steve Davisson

1957–2021

American politician

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A chosen home

Also called Scottsburg home

Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Scottsburg, though born elsewhere.

CN

Clifton Nicholson

born 1944

American artist

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Scottsburg 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.

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