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Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Hedgesville
4 famous people call Hedgesville their birthplace
Gale Catlett, the American basketball player-coach, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The American writer James G. Leyburn ranks second, ahead of Ann Henshaw Gardiner. Births span 1890 to 1940, from Ann Henshaw Gardiner to Gale Catlett. The longest list of any town in West Virginia belongs to Huntington, with 62.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Gale Catlett
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1890
Ann Henshaw Gardiner
Youngest
1940
Gale Catlett
Most common field
Sports
1 people
The best known
Born in Hedgesville
Three names lead: Gale Catlett (2 languages), James G. Leyburn (2) and Ann Henshaw Gardiner (1).
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Through the years
When Hedgesville’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 1.
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What Hedgesville is known for
Share of Hedgesville’s famous people in each field.
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Everyone else born in Hedgesville
1 more, best known first.
Grace Snively
1913–2014Medical educator, civil rights and voter's rights activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hedgesville 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.