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Famous people · Strawberry Plains

4 famous people call Strawberry Plains their birthplace

Most widely known is Ed Bailey, the American baseball player, with articles in 6 languages. Louise McBee is second and Lucille Thornburgh third. From Lewis Buckner to Ed Bailey, the births on the list run from 1856 to 1931. The list comes to 15 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.9 in the typical town in Tennessee.

#1 best knownEd BaileySports · 1931–2007
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Ed Bailey
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1856
Lewis Buckner
Youngest
1931
Ed Bailey
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known

Born in Strawberry Plains

Ed Bailey leads with articles in 6 languages, ahead of Louise McBee (3) and Lucille Thornburgh (2).

Ed Bailey#1
Sports

Ed Bailey

1931–2007

American baseball player

6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
LM#2
Politics & Law

Louise McBee

1924–2021

American politician

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
LT#3
Writing & Arts

Lucille Thornburgh

1908–1998

American union organizer

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Strawberry Plains’s famous people were born

The 1930s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.

A new nationMills & railroadsThe American century185019001950Ed Bailey
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotable

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

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What Strawberry Plains is known for

1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.

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Everyone else born in Strawberry Plains

1 more, best known first.

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Strawberry Plains 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.

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