#1Writing & Arts
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor
1917–1994American writer
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Famous people · Trenton
Trenton counts 10 famous people, first among them Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, the American writer, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. 5 of them were born in the age of mills and railroads, more than in any other period. Only 35 of the 236 towns in Tennessee with anyone on record list more. Per head, the list is long: 24.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Tennessee has 2.9.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1848
Fred J. Hess
Youngest
1946
Dave Brown
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Trenton
The three are covered in 13, 7 and 4 languages: Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, Gene Hickerson and Robert M. Bond.
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#3Through the years
When Trenton’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1930s come out on top, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Trenton is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Trenton
The other 7 span the years 1848 to 1946.
Wallace Wade
1892–1986American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Trenton 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 (5)
- Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor: Cmacauley 01:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert M. Bond: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- W. W. McDowell: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wallace Wade: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary U. Rothrock: Vanderbilt University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons