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Famous people · Laurens
From 1798 to 1992, Laurens was the birthplace of 26 famous people
Articles in 22 languages make the American singer-guitarist Pink Anderson the best known. Reverend Gary Davis is second and Hilary A. Herbert third. The largest group, 11, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list’s best known name, Pink Anderson, dates from 1900.
Born here
26
notable people
Best known
Pink Anderson
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1798
Richard F. Simpson
Youngest
1992
Ali Rogers
Most common field
Sports
9 people
The best known
Born in Laurens
Two of the three are musicians.
#2Music
Reverend Gary Davis
1896–1972American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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#3Through the years
When Laurens’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 3.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicMilitaryScience & MedicineNotableFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Laurens is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as soldiers and sailors, at 3.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Laurens
23 more, from 1798 to 1992.
Carrie E. Bullock
1887–1962African American nurse. and President of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN)
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Wil Lou Gray
1883–1984NotableWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Laurens 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 (12)
- Reverend Gary Davis: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilary A. Herbert: Charles Milton Bell, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John F. Bolt: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel B. Dial: Harris & Ewing Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John L. M. Irby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Wallace: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel McGowan: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G. B. Greene, Jr.: United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rickey Foggie: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wil Lou Gray: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Roberts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard C. Watts: Laurens County Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons