#1Famous people · Claysville
6 famous people were born in Claysville
The best known is the politician Alexander Kerr Craig, with articles in 5 languages. William Holmes McGuffey and Benjamin Franklin Jones follow. More than half were born in the early republic, 3 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 1,003 towns in Pennsylvania with famous people list more.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Alexander Kerr Craig
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1800
William Holmes McGuffey
Youngest
1896
Malcolm Parcell
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
What stands out about Claysville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Claysville’s famous people were born
The 1820s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawNotableBusinessFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Claysville
Counted by languages, Alexander Kerr Craig is ahead of William Holmes McGuffey and Benjamin Franklin Jones: 5, 5 and 4.
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What Claysville is known for
Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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Everyone else born in Claysville
A further 3 follow, born between 1874 and 1896.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Claysville 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 (4)
- Alexander Kerr Craig: Frontispiece of 1893's "Andrew K. Craig, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania" published by US Government Printing Office., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Holmes McGuffey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benjamin Franklin Jones: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William D. Inglis: Hallam (Washington, PA), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons