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Famous people · Ashland

Ashland has just one famous person to its name: Gran Harrison

The American football end Gran Harrison was born in 1917. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. Readers can find them written up in one language. In Mississippi, 260 towns have someone on the list.

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notable people
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Gran Harrison
in 1 Wikipedia languages
First
1917
Gran Harrison
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known

Born in Ashland

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Sports

Gran Harrison

1917–1997

American football end

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ashland 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.