#1Famous people · Anderson
Of the 39 famous people born in Anderson, an unusual share are leaders
Most widely known is Chadwick Boseman, the American actor, with articles in 81 languages. The largest group, 20, was born between 1920 and 1969. For every 10,000 residents there are 13 on the list, well above the typical South Carolina town’s 1.5. Ernest Ford Cochran (1865) and Nick Hampton (2000) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
39
notable people
Best known
Chadwick Boseman
in 81 Wikipedia languages
First
1865
Ernest Ford Cochran
Youngest
2000
Nick Hampton
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Anderson’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Anderson
Chadwick Boseman leads with articles in 81 languages, ahead of Larry Nance (16) and Jim Rice (14).
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#3Through the years
When Anderson’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 8.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsFaithMusicScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Anderson is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is leaders, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Anderson
Here are 36 more, born from 1865 to 2000.
Guy Davenport
1927–2005American novelist, short story writer, poet, illustrator, translator, teacher
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Anderson 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 (7)
- Chadwick Boseman: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Nance: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Rice: Ted_Kennedy_and_Jim_Rice.jpg: John Earls derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Micheal Hall: LosCriticologos, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lu Parker: Brandin Schaeffer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Burns: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Bell Timmerman: Photo scanned by South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons