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Famous people · Rutherford College

Rutherford College is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Best known of all is Arthur Talmage Abernethy, written about in 3 languages. The other is Razor Ledbetter, the American baseball player. Valdese’s list, next door, has 6 names, Stanley Pons first among them. Born in 1872, Arthur Talmage Abernethy is the first name on record, and Razor Ledbetter, born in 1894, the most recent.

Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Arthur Talmage Abernethy
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Arthur Talmage Abernethy
Youngest
1894
Razor Ledbetter
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known

Born in Rutherford College

AA#1
Writing & Arts

Arthur Talmage Abernethy

1872–1956

American journalist, scholar, theologian and poet

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
RL#2
Sports

Razor Ledbetter

1894–1969

American baseball player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rutherford College 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.