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Photo: Chris Litherland · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Gueydan
2 famous people call Gueydan their birthplace
Nathan Abshire, the American Cajun accordion player, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The list has one more: the American activist Richard Guidry. Over 36 years of births, the list goes from Nathan Abshire (1913) to Richard Guidry (1949). The longest list of any town in Louisiana belongs to Lake Charles, with 67.
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2
notable people
Best known
Nathan Abshire
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
Nathan Abshire
Youngest
1949
Richard Guidry
Most common field
Sports
1 people
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Born in Gueydan
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gueydan 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.