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Ken Harrelson
born 1941Baseball player and broadcaster from the United States
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Famous people · Woodruff
Woodruff is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Ken Harrelson leads the list, covered in 8 languages. Second and third on the list are Mike Page and Sammy Taylor. The largest group, 3, was born between 1920 and 1969. Born in 1849, Jacob Javan Durham is the first name on record, and Ken Harrelson, born in 1941, the most recent.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Ken Harrelson
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1849
Jacob Javan Durham
Youngest
1941
Ken Harrelson
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Woodruff
Ken Harrelson leads with articles in 8 languages, ahead of Mike Page (3) and Sammy Taylor (3).
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Through the years
When Woodruff’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 2.
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Known for
What Woodruff is known for
Woodruff has 1.7× the usual share of athletes.
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Everyone else born in Woodruff
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Woodruff 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)
- Ken Harrelson: Frank_Thomas_and_Hawk_Harrelson.jpg: billymax85 derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Javan Durham: Pegues, Albert Witherspoon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Kilgore Jr.: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons