#1Music
Scott Joplin
1867–1917American composer, musician, pianist (1867/68-1917)
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Famous people · Linden
8 famous people come from Linden, Scott Joplin the best known
Best known of all is Scott Joplin, written about in 65 languages. T-Bone Walker and Robert Lee Henry follow. The largest group, 4, was born in the age of mills and railroads. The earliest on the list is Robert Lee Henry, born in 1864, and the youngest Shock Linwood, born in 1993.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Scott Joplin
in 65 Wikipedia languages
First
1864
Robert Lee Henry
Youngest
1993
Shock Linwood
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Linden’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Linden
Two of the three are musicians.
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#2Music
T-Bone Walker
1910–1975American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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#3Through the years
When Linden’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1860s, with 2 people born in that decade.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Linden is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, 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.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Linden 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)
- Scott Joplin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- T-Bone Walker: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Lee Henry: The original uploader was Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Washington: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brig Owens: Carmen L. Gleason, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons