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Famous people · Hurricane
4 famous people were born in Hurricane
Hubert Summers Ellis, the American politician, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Close behind are Doc Holliday and Steve Dunlap. The list comes to 5.8 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in West Virginia, at 7. Over 70 years of births, the list goes from Hubert Summers Ellis (1887) to Doc Holliday (1957).
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Hubert Summers Ellis
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1887
Hubert Summers Ellis
Youngest
1957
Doc Holliday
Most common field
Sports
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Hurricane
Athletes take two of the three places.
#2Sports
Doc Holliday
born 1957American college football player, college football coach, linebacker
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Known for
What Hurricane is known for
Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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 Hurricane
1 more, best known first.
A chosen home
Also called Hurricane home
Born elsewhere, Jack Fellure lived here.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Teays Valley has the most on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hurricane 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)
- Doc Holliday: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Fellure: Toby Davis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackburn B. Dovener: James B. Lyon, Publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons