#1Famous people · Lyman
Lyman is the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the American baseball pitcher Daniel Gossett, with articles in 4 languages. Chas Dodd and J. C. Duncan follow. Born in 1929, J. C. Duncan is the first name on record, and Chas Dodd, born in 1992, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents there are 6.1 on the list, well above the typical South Carolina town’s 1.5.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Daniel Gossett
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1929
J. C. Duncan
Youngest
1992
Chas Dodd
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Lyman
Daniel Gossett has articles in 4 languages, Chas Dodd in 3 and J. C. Duncan in 2.
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Through the years
When Lyman’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lyman is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 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 Lyman
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Duncan has the most on record, with 4.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lyman 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 (2)
- Daniel Gossett: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcus Lattimore: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons