13 famous people were born in Mansfield, more of them leaders than in most towns

Vida Blue, the major League Baseball left-handed pitcher, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. 9 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. Born in 1855, George Washington Carroll is the first name on record, and Albert Lewis, born in 1960, the most recent. Per head, the list is long: 28.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Louisiana has 4.