#1Famous people · Sunflower
7 famous people come from Sunflower, Jerry Butler the best known
Most widely known is Jerry Butler, the American soul singer and songwriter, with articles in 21 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 6 were born, the most of any period. Willie Best, born in 1916, is the earliest name and Shirley Coleman, born in 1955, the latest. The longest list in Mississippi is Hattiesburg’s, with 75 names.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Jerry Butler
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
Willie Best
Youngest
1955
Shirley Coleman
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Sunflower
Three names lead: Jerry Butler (21 languages), Willie Best (17) and Matt Murphy (16).
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Through the years
When Sunflower’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1920s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
MusicSportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sunflower is known for
Musicians are the most numerous, 2 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Sunflower
Still to come: 4 more, from 1920 to 1955.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sunflower 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 (4)
- Jerry Butler: Mercury Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie Best: Monogram Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Craig Claiborne: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Herndon: Roger DeWitt on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons