Amanda E. Peele
1908–1978African/American biologist and activist
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At the top of the list is the african/american biologist and activist Amanda E. Peele, covered in one language. The list has one more: the American politician Brad E. Bradley. The first birth on record is Amanda E. Peele’s, in 1908, and the last Brad E. Bradley’s, in 1923. In North Carolina, 338 towns have someone on the list.

African/American biologist and activist
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