#1Politics & Law
Unita Blackwell
1933–2019American civil rights activist
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Famous people · Lula
The 4 famous people born in Lula, led by Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell, the American civil rights activist, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. The next two names are Maud Jeffries and Rex Armistead. Born in 1869, Maud Jeffries is the first name on record, and Ransom A. Myers, born in 1952, the most recent. The longest list of any town in Mississippi belongs to Hattiesburg, with 75.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Unita Blackwell
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1869
Maud Jeffries
Youngest
1952
Ransom A. Myers
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Lula
First, Unita Blackwell (13 languages), then Maud Jeffries (4) and Rex Armistead (3).
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Rex Armistead
1930–2013American Private detective, Conservative political operative
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Through the years
When Lula’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 2.
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Known for
What Lula is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Lula
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lula 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 (3)
- Unita Blackwell: William Patrick Butler, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maud Jeffries: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ransom A. Myers: David Hardie (Dreamwaters), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons