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Famous people · Carrollton

Carrollton is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Best known of all is Allen W. Gullion, written about in 4 languages. The other is Willis Conway Pierce, the American chemist. Allen W. Gullion (1880) and Willis Conway Pierce (1895) mark the two ends of the list. The longest list of any town in Kentucky belongs to Covington, with 54.

#1 best knownAllen W. GullionMilitary · 1880–1946
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Allen W. Gullion
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
Allen W. Gullion
Youngest
1895
Willis Conway Pierce
Most common field
Military
1 people
The best known

Born in Carrollton

Allen W. Gullion#1
Military

Allen W. Gullion

1880–1946

Chaplain, Army officer, Chief of Chaplains, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army

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WP#2
Science & Medicine

Willis Conway Pierce

1895–1974

American chemist

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carrollton 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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