#1Famous people · Shelbyville
Sondra Locke tops a list of 27 famous people born in Shelbyville
At the top of the list is the American actress Sondra Locke, covered in 38 languages. Behind the leader come Keon Johnson and George de Forest Brush. In the age of mills and railroads, 11 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 10.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Tennessee has 2.9.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
Sondra Locke
in 38 Wikipedia languages
First
1802
John Alexander Greer
Youngest
2002
Keon Johnson
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people
The best known
Born in Shelbyville
Counted by languages, Sondra Locke is ahead of Keon Johnson and George de Forest Brush: 38, 13 and 9.
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#3Through the years
When Shelbyville’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1870s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsMilitaryScience & MedicineBusinessFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Shelbyville is known for
Soldiers and sailors stand out most, at 3.1 times the usual share.
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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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Shelbyville 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 (16)
- Sondra Locke: Colin Dangaard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keon Johnson: YESNetwork, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George de Forest Brush: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Ewing Thomason: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Alexander Greer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Escue Tillman: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William C. Houston: C. M. Bell Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Balch: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Brevard Davidson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Tillman: Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George McConnell: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) Original uploader was Redvers at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Jenkins: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis E. Martin: Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William L. Frierson: U.S. DOJ, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philander Claxton: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas W. Talley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons