#1Famous people · Brownsville
4 famous people call Brownsville their birthplace
Articles in 9 languages make the American politician M. M. Logan the best known. Beverly M. Vincent is second and Harry Hyde third. From M. M. Logan to Keith Madison, the births on the list run from 1874 to 1951. Leaders make up the largest group, 2 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
M. M. Logan
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
M. M. Logan
Youngest
1951
Keith Madison
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Brownsville
Two of the three are leaders.
#1BV#2
Politics & Law
Beverly M. Vincent
1890–1980American congressman for Kentucky
5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Through the years
When Brownsville’s famous people were born
The 1870s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawNotableSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Brownsville is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Brownsville
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Brownsville 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 (2)
- M. M. Logan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Hyde: Ted Van Pelt from Mechanicsburg, PA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons