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Famous people · Springtown

4 famous people call Springtown their birthplace

Articles in 3 languages make the American baseball player Joe Hutcheson the best known. The next two names are Ona Dodd and Willard Dewveall. Births span 1870 to 1936, from J. C. Graham to Willard Dewveall. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.4 on the list, well above the typical Texas town’s 0.7.

#3 best knownWillard DewveallSports · 1936–2006
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Joe Hutcheson
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
J. C. Graham
Youngest
1936
Willard Dewveall
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known

Born in Springtown

Joe Hutcheson, Ona Dodd and Willard Dewveall are written about in 3, 2 and 2 languages.

JH#1
Sports

Joe Hutcheson

1905–1993

American baseball player

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OD#2
Sports

Ona Dodd

1886–1956

Major League Baseball player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Willard Dewveall#3
Sports

Willard Dewveall

1936–2006

American football player

2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years

When Springtown’s famous people were born

The 1900s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.

A new nationMills & railroadsThe American century185019001950Willard Dewveall
SportsPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Springtown is known for

Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.

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 Springtown

1 more, best known first.

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J. C. Graham

1870–1921

American Politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Springtown 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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