#1Henry E. Brown
born 1935American politician from South Carolina
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Henry E. Brown, the American politician from South carolina, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 4 of them. The list comes to 24.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.5 in the typical town in South Carolina. 2 were born in 1970 or later.

Bishopville has 1.6× the usual share of athletes.
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Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 2 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Ranked by languages covered: Henry E. Brown with 8, then Drink Small with 3 and Charlie Smith Dannelly with 2.
#1American politician from South Carolina
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The other 4 span the years 1917 to 1981.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bishopville 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.