#1Famous people · Magnolia
Cal Broughton, born in 1860, is Magnolia’s famous person on record
In 1860, the American baseball player Cal Broughton was born. Their birth falls in the age of mills and railroads. 4 languages have an article about them. Over the border in Union, one name is on record: Burr W. Jones.
Born here
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notable people
Best known
Cal Broughton
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1860
Cal Broughton
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Magnolia
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Magnolia 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 (3)
- Cal Broughton: Old Judge, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Grant U. Fisher: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Litel: Trailer screenshot Licencing information :https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons