#1Famous people · Stuart
10 famous people from Stuart, many of them leaders
Gerald L. Baliles, the governor of Virginia, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 5 were born, the most of any period. Births since 1970 account for 3 of the names. Fewer than a quarter of the 269 towns in Virginia with famous people list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Gerald L. Baliles
in 12 Wikipedia languages
First
1821
George Booker
Youngest
1989
Wren Williams
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Stuart’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Stuart is known for
Stuart has 1.9× the usual share of leaders.
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 Stuart’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Stuart
Two of the three are leaders.
#1GW#2
Science & Medicine
Glen Wood
1925–2019American NASCAR driver and team owner
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Stuart
7 more, 5 of them athletes.
H. Lester Hooker
1921–1999American basketball player and coach, baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Stuart 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)
- Gerald L. Baliles: 1fingerwillie at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Booker: Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Wood: Michael Tipton from Baltimore, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonard Wood: Ted Van Pelt, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wren Williams: PresidentCardinal76, CC0, Wikimedia Commons