#1Famous people · Greenwood
47 famous people from Greenwood, many of them athletes
The best known is the American basketball player Allisha Gray, with articles in 21 languages. Grainger Hines, the American actor, comes second, with Josh Norman third. The largest group, 22, was born between 1920 and 1969. 15 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
47
notable people
Best known
Allisha Gray
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1825
John Rennie Blake
Youngest
1995
Allisha Gray
Most common field
Sports
26 people
What stands out about Greenwood’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Greenwood’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 7 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageNotableMusicFaithMilitaryWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Greenwood is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.6 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 Greenwood
The three are covered in 21, 10 and 10 languages: Allisha Gray, Grainger Hines and Josh Norman.
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Everyone else born in Greenwood
44 more names, born between 1825 and 1991.
Jake Scott
1945–2020All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, safety, College Football Hall of Fame
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George L. Wrenn
1915–1992NotableWikipedia ↗
John Rennie Blake
1825–1900Faculty chairman in charge of Davidson College from 1871 to 1877
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greenwood 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 (13)
- Allisha Gray: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Norman: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gaines Adams: Jim Ferguson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Coates: Thockyrus, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Singleton: Stuart Grout, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Armanti Edwards: original: Jim Larrisonderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derrick Davenport: Germany2799 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregg Marshall: Thomsonmg2000, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Drummond: Photo scanned by South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- D. J. Swearinger: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elbert Andrews: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Fred Buzhardt: US Department of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. D. Workman, Jr.: Photo scanned by South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons