#1Famous people · West Union
3 famous people call West Union their birthplace
Bob Childers, the American singer-songwriter, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. Close behind are Thomas McElhiney and Wayne Underwood. Born in 1913, Wayne Underwood is the first name on record, and Bob Childers, born in 1946, the most recent. In West Virginia, 164 towns have someone on the list.
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3
notable people
Best known
Bob Childers
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1913
Wayne Underwood
Youngest
1946
Bob Childers
Most common field
Music
1 people
The best known
Born in West Union
Counted by languages, Bob Childers is ahead of Thomas McElhiney and Wayne Underwood: 6, 2 and 1.
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Politics & Law
Thomas McElhiney
1919–1998American diplomat and UNRWA Commissioner-General
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Union 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)
- Bob Childers: Kmzundel at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons