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Famous people · Gibsland
Gibsland is the birthplace of 6 famous people
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Bernard King, covered in 5 languages. Second place goes to the American baseball player Ralph Hamner, third to Jesse N. Stone. The largest group, 3, was born between 1920 and 1969. The oldest name on the list belongs to Ollie Stewart, born in 1906, the newest to Bernard King, born in 1981.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Bernard King
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Ollie Stewart
Youngest
1981
Bernard King
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Gibsland
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Gibsland’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Gibsland is known for
Share of Gibsland’s famous people in each field.
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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The other 3 span the years 1906 to 1923.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gibsland 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 (3)
- Ralph Hamner: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Smith: Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- F. Jay Taylor: Yearbook editors, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons