#1Famous people · Lake Providence
Lake Providence counts 7 famous people, first among them Vivien Thomas
The best known is the American surgeon Vivien Thomas, with articles in 19 languages. Freddie Spruell, the American Delta blues guitarist and singer, comes second, with Baby Boy Warren third. Most were born in the age of mills and railroads: 4 of them. Per head, the list is long: 20.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Louisiana has 4.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Vivien Thomas
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1893
Freddie Spruell
Youngest
1962
Leonard Griffin
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Lake Providence
Musicians take two of the three places.
#1FS#2
Music
Freddie Spruell
1893–1956American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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BW#3
Through the years
When Lake Providence’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
MusicSportsScience & MedicineBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lake Providence is known for
2 of them work in Music, 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 Lake Providence
The rest number 4, with 2 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake Providence 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)
- Vivien Thomas: not indicated, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Wyly: Wyly a, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons