#1Music
Dallas Frazier
1939–2022American country musician and songwriter
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Famous people · Spiro
Spiro is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Articles in 8 languages make the American country musician and songwriter Dallas Frazier the best known. The American and Canadian football player Henry Burris ranks second, ahead of Albert E. Brumley. Between 1920 and 1969, 3 were born, the most of any period. Albert E. Brumley (1905) and Henry Burris (1975) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Dallas Frazier
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Albert E. Brumley
Youngest
1975
Henry Burris
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Spiro’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Spiro’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Spiro
Two of the three are musicians.
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#2AB#3
Music
Albert E. Brumley
1905–1977American shape note music composer and publisher, prolific in the genre of southern gospel
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Known for
What Spiro is known for
Spiro has 1.7× the usual share of athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spiro 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)
- Dallas Frazier: Capitol Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Burris: IcE MaN, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons