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Famous people · Dandridge
6 famous people call Dandridge their birthplace
Most widely known is Bill Bolden, the major League Baseball pitcher, with articles in 3 languages. The largest group, 3, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Samuel M. Inman (1843) and Norman C. Gaddis (1923) mark the two ends of the list. The list comes to 17 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.9 in the typical town in Tennessee.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Bill Bolden
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1843
Samuel M. Inman
Youngest
1923
Norman C. Gaddis
Most common field
Business
3 people
The best known
Born in Dandridge
The three are covered in 3, 3 and 2 languages: Bill Bolden, Julia R. Hall and Norman C. Gaddis.
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#3Through the years
When Dandridge’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1840s, with 2 people born in that decade.
BusinessSportsScience & MedicineMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Dandridge is known for
Set against the usual town, business people come out 19.4 times as common.
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Everyone else born in Dandridge
3 more names, born between 1843 and 1886.
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The neighbour with the most names is Jefferson City, at 9.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dandridge 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)
- Norman C. Gaddis: US Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel M. Inman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons