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Famous people · Jenkins
9 famous people were born in Jenkins
At the top of the list is the American singer Gary Stewart, covered in 12 languages. Clay Stapleton is second and Milt Ticco third. The earliest on the list is Jim Webb, born in 1901, and the youngest Gary Stewart, born in 1944. Only 41 of the 227 towns in Kentucky with anyone on record list more.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Gary Stewart
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Jim Webb
Youngest
1944
Gary Stewart
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Jenkins
Three names lead: Gary Stewart (12 languages), Clay Stapleton (3) and Milt Ticco (3).
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Sports
Clay Stapleton
1921–2014American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Through the years
When Jenkins’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1920s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsMusicMilitaryWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Jenkins is known for
4 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Jenkins
6 more names, born between 1901 and 1922.
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Around it, only McRoberts has someone listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jenkins 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)
- Darwin K. Kyle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons