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The 3 famous people born in Florence, led by Tate Reeves

Tate Reeves leads the list, covered in 23 languages. Second and third on the list are Rosetta A. Ferguson and Robert Braddy. The list comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 residents, below the 14.3 of the typical town in Mississippi. Over 54 years of births, the list goes from Rosetta A. Ferguson (1920) to Tate Reeves (1974).

#1 best knownTate ReevesPolitics & Law · born 1974
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Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Tate Reeves
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1920
Rosetta A. Ferguson
Youngest
1974
Tate Reeves
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Florence

Counted by languages, Tate Reeves is ahead of Rosetta A. Ferguson and Robert Braddy: 23, 3 and 1.

Tate Reeves#1
Politics & Law

Tate Reeves

born 1974

65th governor of Mississippi

23 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Rosetta A. Ferguson#2
Politics & Law

Rosetta A. Ferguson

1920–2015

Politician

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
RB#3
Sports

Robert Braddy

born 1941

Baseball player

1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Florence 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.

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