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Thomas Sowell
born 1930American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
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Famous people · Gastonia
Of the 38 famous people born in Gastonia, an unusual share are athletes
Best known of all is Thomas Sowell, written about in 46 languages. Close behind are James Worthy and Hassan Whiteside. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 24 in all. From Garland Lawing in 1918 to Nate Hinton in 1999, the births cover 81 years.
Born here
38
notable people
Best known
Thomas Sowell
in 46 Wikipedia languages
First
1918
Garland Lawing
Youngest
1999
Nate Hinton
Most common field
Sports
25 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Gastonia’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Gastonia is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.9 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Gastonia’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 6 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Gastonia
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Gastonia
Of the other 35, 23 are athletes.
Patrick McHenry
born 1975Member of the United States House of Representatives
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A chosen home
Also called Gastonia home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, Trentavis Friday the best known.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Kings Mountain counts 10 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Gastonia 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)
- Thomas Sowell: Internet Archive Book Images, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hassan Whiteside: Frenchieinportland, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lionel Shriver: Tony Sarowitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick McHenry: U.S. House Office of Photography/House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Darrell Armstrong: Dallas Mavericks coaches Casey Smith, Darrell Armstrong, and Robert Hackett.jpg: C.T. Snow derivative work: Arbor to SJ, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Melvin Stewart: myuzeme, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kris Lang: Gambo7, CC BY-SA 3.0 it, Wikimedia Commons
- Wes Helms: User Chrisjnelson on en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madisyn Shipman: thepaparazzigamer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whitey Lockman: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons