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Cowpens Depot · Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Cowpens
The 3 famous people born in Cowpens, led by Hank Garland
Articles in 15 languages make the American musician Hank Garland the best known. Close behind are Gabe Wilkins and Josephine Groves Holloway. Gabe Wilkins, born in 1971, is the youngest, and Josephine Groves Holloway, born in 1898, the first on record. No town in South Carolina lists more than Florence, with 54.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Hank Garland
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Josephine Groves Holloway
Youngest
1971
Gabe Wilkins
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in Cowpens
By how many languages cover them, Hank Garland comes first (15), then Gabe Wilkins (4) and Josephine Groves Holloway (1).
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Notable
Josephine Groves Holloway
1898–1988First African-American in scouting
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What Cowpens is known for
1 of them work in Music, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cowpens 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.