#14 famous people call Oak Hill their birthplace
Thomas Albert Jenkins, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The baseball player Earl Smith ranks second, ahead of Daniel E. Morgan. The biggest group are leaders: 3. Over 61 years of births, the list goes from Thomas Albert Jenkins (1880) to Bonnie Mitchell (1941).
Born in Oak Hill
Two of the three are leaders.
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#2When Oak Hill’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1880s come out on top, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Oak Hill is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3.6 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Oak Hill
1 more, best known first.
Who’s the most famous person from Oak Hill?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Oak Hill’s most famous person is.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oak Hill 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 (2)
- Thomas Albert Jenkins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Smith: Chicago Cubs / MLB, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons