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Famous people · Barnwell
Of the 11 famous people born in Barnwell, an unusual share are leaders
Articles in 7 languages make the American football player and coach Troy Brown the best known. Barry Miller and James O'H. Patterson follow. In the early republic, 5 were born, the most of any period. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Troy Brown
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1810
Samuel W. Trotti
Youngest
1980
Brian J. Gaines
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
What stands out about Barnwell’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Barnwell is known for
Leaders stand out most, at 3.5 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Barnwell
Two of the three are leaders.
#2
#3Through the years
When Barnwell’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 2.
Politics & LawSportsMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Barnwell
The rest number 8, with 6 leaders among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Barnwell 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)
- Barry Miller: Texas state photographers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James O'H. Patterson: James Calvin Hemphill, editor. Men of Mark Publishing (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Solomon Blatt, Jr.: Photo scanned by South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian J. Gaines: Dr. Blazer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Aldrich: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- James T. Moore: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons