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Famous people · Sweetwater
5 famous people call Sweetwater their birthplace
Jay W. Baker, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The American country musician Butch Baker ranks second, ahead of Paul Dean Holt. 5 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. The earliest on the list is Bill Dupes, born in 1930, and the youngest Jay W. Baker, born in 1961.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Jay W. Baker
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1930
Bill Dupes
Youngest
1961
Jay W. Baker
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Sweetwater’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Sweetwater’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sweetwater
Jay W. Baker, Butch Baker and Paul Dean Holt are written about in 6, 4 and 3 languages.
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Known for
What Sweetwater is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
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 Sweetwater
The other 2 span the years 1930 to 1955.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Sweetwater 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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- Kippy Brown: Mike Morris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons