#1Famous people · Southport
Southport is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 3 languages make the American baseball player Elmer Brown the best known. The other is John Dashiell, the American psychologist. John Dashiell, born in 1888, is the youngest, and Elmer Brown, born in 1883, the first on record. The longest list of any town in Indiana belongs to Gary, with 68.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Elmer Brown
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1883
Elmer Brown
Youngest
1888
John Dashiell
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Southport
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Known for
What Southport is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Southport 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)
- Elmer Brown: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons