#1Famous people · Greenville
Miles Heizer tops a list of 5 famous people born in Greenville
Most widely known is Miles Heizer, the American actor, with articles in 35 languages. Second and third on the list are Brent Yonts and Charles W. Roark. 3 of them are leaders, more than in any other field. Over 182 years of births, the list goes from Jonathan E. Spilman (1812) to Miles Heizer (1994).
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Miles Heizer
in 35 Wikipedia languages
First
1812
Jonathan E. Spilman
Youngest
1994
Miles Heizer
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Greenville
Leaders take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Greenville’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Greenville is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Greenville
Still to come: 2 more, from 1812 to 1946.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greenville 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)
- Miles Heizer: Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles W. Roark: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons