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Famous people · Sledge

5 famous people come from Sledge, Charley Pride the best known

Articles in 26 languages make the American country musician Charley Pride the best known. Behind the leader come Buster Mathis and Alice Martin. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 5 in all. Born in 1921, Little Hatch is the first name on record, and Alice Martin, born in 1955, the most recent.

#1 best knownCharley PrideMusic · 1934–2020
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Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Charley Pride
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1921
Little Hatch
Youngest
1955
Alice Martin
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known

Born in Sledge

Charley Pride leads with articles in 26 languages, ahead of Buster Mathis (7) and Alice Martin (4).

Charley Pride#1
Music

Charley Pride

1934–2020

American country musician

26 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Buster Mathis#2
Sports

Buster Mathis

1943–1995

American boxer

7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Alice Martin#3
Politics & Law

Alice Martin

born 1955

American lawyer

4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Sledge’s famous people were born

The 1930s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Charley PrideAlice MartinBuster Mathis
MusicSportsPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Sledge is known for

The largest field is Music, with 2 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Sledge

A further 2 follow, born between 1921 and 1932.

LH

Little Hatch

1921–2003

American electric blues singer, musician and harmonica player

MP

Mack Pride

1932–2018

American baseball player

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sledge 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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