#1Science & Medicine
Charles Hillman Brough
1876–1935American academic and politician
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Famous people · Clinton
Clinton’s famous people span 118 years: 16 births from 1876 to 1994
Charles Hillman Brough, the American academic and politician, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Second and third on the list are Keith Carlock and Brett DiBiase. 8 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. The list’s best known name, Charles Hillman Brough, dates from 1876.
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16
notable people
Best known
Charles Hillman Brough
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
Charles Hillman Brough
Youngest
1994
Kellen Gulley
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Clinton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Clinton’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 5.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineNotableFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Clinton
Charles Hillman Brough leads with articles in 12 languages, ahead of Keith Carlock (10) and Brett DiBiase (9).
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Of the other 13, 4 are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clinton 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 (10)
- Charles Hillman Brough: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keith Carlock: Mandy Hall, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brett DiBiase: Sayuncle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike DiBiase II: dunlap_7640, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jarekus Singleton: Marilyn J. Stringer, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- James E. Graves, Jr.: JamesGraves at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jenna Edwards: Hal Goodtree from Cary, NC, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Joel Blass: State of Mississippi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William W. Venable: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eudora Welty: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons