#1Famous people · Honey Grove
Most of the 8 famous people born in Honey Grove came into the world in the age of mills and railroads
Articles in 24 languages make the American athletics competitor Fred Newhouse the best known. Bill Erwin is second and Sammy Price third. The oldest name on the list belongs to Erwin E. Smith, born in 1886, the newest to Fred Newhouse, born in 1948. Athletes make up the largest group, 4 of them.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Fred Newhouse
in 24 Wikipedia languages
First
1886
Erwin E. Smith
Youngest
1948
Fred Newhouse
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Honey Grove
The three are covered in 24, 17 and 13 languages: Fred Newhouse, Bill Erwin and Sammy Price.
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#3Through the years
When Honey Grove’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 3.
SportsNotableFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Honey Grove is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Honey Grove 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)
- Fred Newhouse: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Erwin: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Price: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Erwin E. Smith: Erwin E. Smith (Life time: 1886-1947), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Nicholson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons