#1Famous people · Pennsboro
3 famous people call Pennsboro their birthplace
At the top of the list is the American football and baseball player Oscar Lambert, covered in 4 languages. Close behind are Floyd Giebell and Charles Poindexter. The first birth on record is Charles Poindexter’s, in 1880, and the last Floyd Giebell’s, in 1909. 166 of the towns in West Virginia list at least one person.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Oscar Lambert
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
Charles Poindexter
Youngest
1909
Floyd Giebell
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Pennsboro
Two of the three are athletes.
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Science & Medicine
Charles Poindexter
1880–1913Professor at Fisk University
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Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pennsboro 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 (1)
- Oscar Lambert: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons