#1Film, TV & Stage
Miriam Stevenson
born 1933American actress and model
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Famous people · Winnsboro
23 famous people come from Winnsboro, Miriam Stevenson the best known
Most widely known is Miriam Stevenson, the American actress and model, with articles in 26 languages. Second and third on the list are Thomas J. Robertson and Kelly Miller. The oldest name on the list belongs to Joseph A. Woodward, born in 1806, the newest to Tyler Thigpen, born in 1984. The largest group, 8, was born in the early republic.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Miriam Stevenson
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1806
Joseph A. Woodward
Youngest
1984
Tyler Thigpen
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people
The best known
Born in Winnsboro
By how many languages cover them, Miriam Stevenson comes first (26), then Thomas J. Robertson (9) and Kelly Miller (8).
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#3Through the years
When Winnsboro’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1820s than in any other decade: 3.
Politics & LawSportsFaithMilitaryFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMusicNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Winnsboro is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as ministers and preachers, at 7.8 times.
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Still to come: 20 more, from 1806 to 1984.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Winnsboro 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 (14)
- Miriam Stevenson: South Carolina State Development Board, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas J. Robertson: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Miller: No coneguts, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- D. Wyatt Aiken: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Thigpen: J. Van Meter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph A. Woodward: mike reeves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Webster Anderson: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Jackson Sanders: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- David Leventritt: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Theodore DuBose Bratton: Samuel Hart, The House of Bishops : the latest portraits of the living bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States in the order of consecration : also a composite group of the House of Bishops which met in Richmond in 1859, New Y…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William D. Chappelle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Lawrence Purcell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Winthrop Holley: Georgia Archives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Zachariah Leitner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons