#1Writing & Arts
Barbara Lawrence
1930–2013American writer and real-estate businessperson, and retired actress and model
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Famous people · Carnegie
4 famous people come from Carnegie, Barbara Lawrence the best known
With articles in 21 languages, Barbara Lawrence is the most widely known. Spencer Asah is second and Woodrow Wilson Big Bow third. Born in 1905, Spencer Asah is the first name on record, and Chris Wilson, born in 1964, the most recent. More are writers and artists than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Barbara Lawrence
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Spencer Asah
Youngest
1964
Chris Wilson
Most common field
Writing & Arts
3 people
The best known
Born in Carnegie
The three best known are all writers and artists.
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#2Writing & Arts
Spencer Asah
1905–1954Kiowa painter and dancer from Oklahoma, one of the Kiowa Five
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Through the years
When Carnegie’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 1 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Carnegie is known for
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 7.4 times.
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Everyone else born in Carnegie
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carnegie 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)
- Barbara Lawrence: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Spencer Asah: Spencer “Lallo” Asah, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons