#1Famous people · Greenville
Greenville’s famous people span 104 years: 25 births from 1884 to 1988
Articles in 21 languages make the American politician Kay Granger the best known. Second and third on the list are Edgar Ablowich and John Boles. Kay Granger, the best known, was born in 1943. 12 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period.
Born here
25
notable people
Best known
Kay Granger
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1884
Otto McIvor
Youngest
1988
Will Middlebrooks
Most common field
Sports
13 people
The best known
Born in Greenville
By how many languages cover them, Kay Granger comes first (21), then Edgar Ablowich (19) and John Boles (16).
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#3Through the years
When Greenville’s famous people were born
The 1890s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Greenville is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.5 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 Greenville
Still to come: 22 more, from 1884 to 1988.
Robert G. Storey
1893–1981American lawyer and Executive Trial Counsel at the International Military Tribunal
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Greenville 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 (8)
- Kay Granger: US House Office of Photography, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Boles: Uncredited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bart Millard: User:WordyGirl90 on the English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burt Hooton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron G. Rogers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ormer Leslie Locklear: Bain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom W. Bonner: Rice University, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Middlebrooks: Eric Kilby on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons