#1Famous people · Greenville
19 famous people were born in Greenville from 1858 to 1995
Articles in 18 languages make the American middle-distance runner Clayton Murphy the best known. The next two names are Matt Light and Jim Van Bebber. In the age of mills and railroads, 9 were born, the most of any period. Clayton Murphy, the best known, was born in 1995.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Clayton Murphy
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1858
William T. Fitzgerald
Youngest
1995
Clayton Murphy
Most common field
Sports
10 people
The best known
Born in Greenville
By how many languages cover them, Clayton Murphy comes first (18), then Matt Light (8) and Jim Van Bebber (7).
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Through the years
When Greenville’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Greenville is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.5 times.
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 Greenville
16 more, 8 of them athletes.
Gene Riegle
1928–2011SportsWikipedia ↗
William Leckonby
1917–2007American football player and coach, golf coach, college athletics administrator
SportsWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greenville 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 (9)
- Clayton Murphy: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Light: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zachary Lansdowne: US Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron B. Harlan: "Dayton Daily News" (Dayton, OH)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William T. Fitzgerald: 69th Congressional Pictorial Directory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Olwine: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Buchy: USDAgov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Macci: Taimur Khan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene Claremont Sanderson: Kellenberger Library Northwest Christian University, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons