#1Politics & Law
Joseph Emile Harley
1880–1942Governor of South Carolina, 1941-1942
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Famous people · Williston
4 famous people were born in Williston
Joseph Emile Harley leads the list, covered in 7 languages. The next two names are Rafael Bush and Charlie Brown. The list comes to 13.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.5 in the typical town in South Carolina. Over 116 years of births, the list goes from Joseph Emile Harley (1880) to Taylor Hearn (1996).
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Joseph Emile Harley
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
Joseph Emile Harley
Youngest
1996
Taylor Hearn
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Williston
Languages with an article: 7 for Joseph Emile Harley, 5 for Rafael Bush, 4 for Charlie Brown.
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Through the years
When Williston’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1880s, with 1 people born in that decade.
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What Williston is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Williston 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)
- Joseph Emile Harley: University of South Carolina, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rafael Bush: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Taylor Hearn: TigerNet.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons