#1Politics & Law
James Rhyne Killian
1904–1988The 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Famous people · Blacksburg
Blacksburg counts 3 famous people, first among them James Rhyne Killian
James Rhyne Killian leads the list, covered in 12 languages. The next two names are Virgil Childers and Judy Rose. Over 3 years of births, the list goes from Virgil Childers (1901) to James Rhyne Killian (1904). No town in South Carolina lists more than Florence, with 54.
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3
notable people
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James Rhyne Killian
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Virgil Childers
Youngest
1904
James Rhyne Killian
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 people
The best known
Born in Blacksburg
First, James Rhyne Killian (12 languages), then Virgil Childers (2) and Judy Rose (1).
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- James Rhyne Killian: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons