#1Famous people · Florence
More famous people were born in Florence than in any other town in South Carolina: 54
Articles in 12 languages make the American jazz saxophonist Houston Person the best known. 5 of them are musicians, 1.7 times the share across U.S. towns. Between 1920 and 1969, 31 were born, the most of any period. Births since 1970 account for 15 of the names.
Born here
54
notable people
Best known
Houston Person
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
William D. Pawley
Youngest
1990
Malliciah Goodman
Most common field
Sports
21 people
What stands out about Florence’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Florence’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 11 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Florence is known for
Musicians stand out most, at 1.7 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 Florence
Two of the three are musicians.
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Everyone else born in Florence
Still to come: 51 more, from 1896 to 1990.
Rod Sellers
born 1970American basketball player, played collegiately for University of Connecticut Huskies
SportsWikipedia ↗
Mark L. Walberg
born 1962American actor, television personality and game show host
Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Beverly Daggett
1945–2015Member of the Maine State Senate and Maine House of Representatives
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Florence 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 (15)
- Houston Person: Steve Mynett Vancouver, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trey Lorenz: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whit Merrifield: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Baker: Racing One, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Carson: Jerry Pinkus/New York Giants, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lawrence Timmons: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taft Jordan: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William D. Pawley: Novelwriter10, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William H. Johnson: Howardcorn33, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Lunn Young: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvin Greene: South Carolina Democratic Party, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blondell Cummings: Julie Lemberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark L. Walberg: Kansas City PBS from Kansas City, MO, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Durant: Sgt. Randall A. Clinton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Malliciah Goodman: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons