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Famous people · Canton
Canton is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Most widely known is Herbert Southworth, the American hispanist, with articles in 6 languages. The list has one more: the American aviator James Banning. James Banning (1899) and Herbert Southworth (1908) mark the two ends of the list. The longest list of any town in Oklahoma belongs to Muskogee, with 62.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Herbert Southworth
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
James Banning
Youngest
1908
Herbert Southworth
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 people
The best known
Born in Canton
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Known for
What Canton is known for
Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 1 people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Canton 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.