#1Famous people · Mount Pleasant
3 famous people call Mount Pleasant their birthplace
Articles in 6 languages make the American politician Samuel D. Woods the best known. Second and third on the list are Bill Kindle and William Everett Derryberry. For every 10,000 residents there are 6.2 on the list, well above the typical Tennessee town’s 2.9. The list runs from Samuel D. Woods, born in 1845, to William Everett Derryberry, born in 1906.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Samuel D. Woods
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1845
Samuel D. Woods
Youngest
1906
William Everett Derryberry
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Mount Pleasant
Ranked by languages covered: Samuel D. Woods with 6, then Bill Kindle with 1 and William Everett Derryberry with 1.
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Sports
William Everett Derryberry
1906–1991American football player/coach and university president
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Pleasant 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)
- Samuel D. Woods: International News Service., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Kindle: Ledger Photo Service of the Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons