#1Famous people · Timmonsville
Melvin Purvis tops a list of 6 famous people born in Timmonsville
Most widely known is Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent, with articles in 17 languages. Second and third on the list are John Abraham and J. Willard Ragsdale. 3 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. The list runs from J. Willard Ragsdale, born in 1872, to Kelvin Morris, born in 1982.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Melvin Purvis
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
J. Willard Ragsdale
Youngest
1982
Kelvin Morris
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Timmonsville
Counted by languages, Melvin Purvis is ahead of John Abraham and J. Willard Ragsdale: 17, 7 and 5.
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#3Through the years
When Timmonsville’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 1.
Politics & LawSportsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Timmonsville is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.4 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Timmonsville 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 (3)
- Melvin Purvis: FBI, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Abraham: U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Raquell Williams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Willard Ragsdale: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons