#1Famous people · Boley
4 famous people were born in Boley
At the top of the list is the American baseball player Pumpsie Green, covered in 6 languages. Zenobia Powell Perry and Cecil Fergerson follow. Over 44 years of births, the list goes from Zenobia Powell Perry (1908) to Cardell Camper (1952). Athletes make up the largest group, 2 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Pumpsie Green
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
Zenobia Powell Perry
Youngest
1952
Cardell Camper
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Boley
The three are covered in 6, 6 and 3 languages: Pumpsie Green, Zenobia Powell Perry and Cecil Fergerson.
#1ZP#2
Music
Zenobia Powell Perry
1908–2004American composer and composition teacher
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Politics & Law
Cecil Fergerson
1931–2013American art curator and activist
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Boley’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsMusicPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Boley is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Boley
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Boley 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)
- Pumpsie Green: Derek Green, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cecil Fergerson: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons