#1Film, TV & Stage
Scott Cooper
born 1970American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
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Famous people · Abingdon
20 famous people from Abingdon, many of them leaders
Scott Cooper is the best known, with articles in 23 languages. Close behind are Francis Preston Blair and Solomon P. Sharp. The largest group, 8, was born in the early republic. The earliest on the list is Solomon P. Sharp, born in 1787, and the youngest Coy Craft, born in 1997.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Scott Cooper
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1787
Solomon P. Sharp
Youngest
1997
Coy Craft
Most common field
Politics & Law
9 people
What stands out about Abingdon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Abingdon is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Abingdon’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Politics & LawSportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Abingdon
Scott Cooper has articles in 23 languages, Francis Preston Blair in 13 and Solomon P. Sharp in 11.
#1
#2Writing & Arts
Francis Preston Blair
1791–1876American newspaper editor and presidential advisor
13 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Abingdon
17 more, 8 of them leaders.
Henry Warren Ogden
1842–1905Confederate States of America Army officer and American politician
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Abingdon 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)
- Scott Cooper: Sizzlipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Francis Preston Blair: Thomas Sully, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Solomon P. Sharp: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rick Boucher: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Granville Henderson Oury: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter P. Brownlow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Warren Ogden: An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Lynch Garner: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons