#1Famous people · Dyersburg
16 famous people were born in Dyersburg from 1838 to 1998
Most widely known is William Howard Arnold, the united States general, with articles in 7 languages. The largest group, 7, was born between 1920 and 1969. William Howard Arnold was born in 1901. Fewer than a quarter of the 239 towns in Tennessee with famous people list more.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
William Howard Arnold
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1838
John Calvin Fiser
Youngest
1998
Isaiah Crawley
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Dyersburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Dyersburg’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsMilitaryPolitics & LawNotableFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dyersburg
The three are covered in 7, 6 and 6 languages: William Howard Arnold, Harry Ford and Walter Fuller.
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Known for
What Dyersburg is known for
Dyersburg has 5.2× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Dyersburg
Another 13, 6 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dyersburg 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 (4)
- William Howard Arnold: U.S. Army Signal Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maecenas Eason Benton: The Neale Company (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Yarbro: Sean Braisted, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaiah Crawley: Daniel Wilson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons