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CAMDEN

Most Famous People Born in Camden, United States

Notable people
408
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1941
Most distinctive
Baseball 9.1×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Camden during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 44 notable births.

What Camden Is Known For

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Football is Camden's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (61).

Camden over-indexes on baseball9.1× the global rate.

  1. Football61
  2. Politician48
  3. Baseball42
  4. Lawyer18
  5. Actor17
  6. Basket17
  7. Singer12
  8. Writer11
  1. Baseball429.1×
  2. Coach67.1×
  3. Wrestler53.8×
  4. Basket173.3×
  5. Officer83.0×
  6. Lawyer182.5×
  7. Artist81.9×
  8. Music111.9×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Camden's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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408 notable people

0001 SINGER

Ne-Yo

Born 1979

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0002 ESSAYIST

Andrea Dworkin

1946 - 2005

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0003 WRITER

Sherwood Anderson

1876 - 1941

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0004 STOCKBROKER

Bernard Baruch

1870 - 1965

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0005 POLITICAL

Kellyanne Conway

Born 1967

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0006 SINGER

Brook Benton

1931 - 1988

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0007 SINGER

Lola Falana

Born 1942

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0008 MUSIC

Little Willie John

1937 - 1968

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0009 BASEBALL

Larry Doby

1923 - 2003

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0010 ACTOR

Ray Fisher (actor)

Born 1987

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0011 WRESTLER

Buddy Rogers (wrestler)

1921 - 1992

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0012 MATHEMATICIAN

Phil Zimmermann

Born 1954

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0013 FILM

Caitlin FitzGerald

Born 1983

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0014 BANDLEADER

Buddy DeFranco

1923 - 2014

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0015 SURGEON

Howard Atwood Kelly

1858 - 1943

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0016 BASKET

Jason Thompson (basketball)

Born 1986

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0017 ARTIST

Florence Scovel Shinn

1871 - 1940

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0018 ACTOR

Sheetal Sheth

Born 1976

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0019 WRITER

Matthew Quick

Born 1973

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0020 ACTOR

Samuel E. Wright

Born 1946

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0021 POLITICIAN

David Pryor

Born 1934

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0022 ACTOR

Tasha Smith

Born 1971

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0023 BANDLEADER

Buster Williams

Born 1942

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0024 ACTOR

Dexter Darden

Born 1991

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0025 POLITICIAN

Rob Andrews

Born 1957

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0026 POLITICIAN

Donald Norcross

Born 1958

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0027 BASKET

Dajuan Wagner

Born 1983

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0028 POLITICIAN

Kay Ivey

Born 1944

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0029 PAINTER

Mickalene Thomas

Born 1971

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0030 POLITICIAN

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Born 1945

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0031 WRITER

Sam Savage

1940 - 2019

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0032 COMPOSER

Richard Holmes (organist)

1931 - 1991

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0033 PAEDIATRICIAN

Mary Ellen Avery

1927 - 2011

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0034 WRESTLER

Thrasher (wrestler)

Born 1969

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0035 CHEMIST

Joel Henry Hildebrand

1881 - 1983

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0036 ACTOR

Jimmy Conlin

1884 - 1962

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0037 TRADE UNION

Lane Kirkland

1922 - 1999

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0038 SINGER

Russ Columbo

1908 - 1934

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0039 LAWYER

Joseph B. Kershaw

1822 - 1894

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0040 ATHLETIC

Sheena Tosta

Born 1982

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0041 POLITICIAN

Lindley Miller Garrison

1864 - 1932

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0042 WRESTLER

Jordan Burroughs

Born 1988

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0043 MUSIC

Wayne Dockery

1941 - 2018

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0044 SINGER

Paul Baloche

Born 1962

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0045 ACTOR

Jason Cook (actor)

Born 1980

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0046 MUSIC

Butch Ballard

1918 - 2011

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0047 SCREENWRITER

Larry Doyle (writer)

Born 1958

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0048 CRIME

Frank Sheeran

1920 - 2003

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0049 PHOTOGRAPHER

Charles Harbutt

1935 - 2015

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0050 POLITICIAN

James Chesnut Jr.

1815 - 1885

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0051 POLITICIAN

Benjamin Travis Laney

1896 - 1977

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0052 FOOTBALL

Devon Still

Born 1989

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0053 BASKET

Billy Thompson (basketball)

Born 1963

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0054 POLITICIAN

John C. West

1922 - 2004

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0055 POLITICIAN

Joseph R. Grundy

1863 - 1961

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0056 SPORT

Arthur Augustus Zimmerman

1869 - 1936

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0057 LAWYER

Samuel Dash

1925 - 2004

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0058 JOURNALIST

Jerry Hopkins (author)

1935 - 2018

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0059 BASKET

Milt Wagner

Born 1963

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0060 RELIGIOUS

Karen Zerby

Born 1946

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0061 MURDER

Howard Unruh

1921 - 2009

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0062 LAWYER

Herb Kelleher

1931 - 2019

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0063 POLITICIAN

Vincent Sheheen

Born 1971

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0064 BASEBALL

Michael Kohn

Born 1986

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0065 OFFICER

Richard Rowland Kirkland

1843 - 1863

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0066 SINGER

Jus Allah

Born 1978

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0067 JUDGE

Charles L. Terry Jr.

1900 - 1970

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0068 BOXER

Jason Sosa

Born 1988

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0069 POLITICIAN

George Washington Hays

1863 - 1927

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0070 POLITICIAN

Harry A. Richardson

1853 - 1928

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0071 BASEBALL

Greg Burke (baseball)

Born 1982

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0072 MUSIC

Nelson Boyd

1928 - 1985

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0073 BASKET

John Drew (basketball)

Born 1954

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0074 JUMPER

Laura Kraut

Born 1965

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0075 DENTIST

William Gibson A. Bonwill

1833 - 1899

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0076 FOOTBALL

Mike Rozier

Born 1961

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0077 ROWER

Anna Goodale

Born 1983

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0078 SINGER

Christine Andreas

Born 1951

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0079 HISTORIAN

Betty Jo Teeter Dobbs

1930 - 1994

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0080 POLITICIAN

William McWillie

1795 - 1869

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0081 BASKET

Nate Johnson

Born 1977

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0082 WRITER

Horace Traubel

1858 - 1919

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0083 POLITICIAN

Benjamin M. Miller

1864 - 1944

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0084 ACTOR

Scratch (musician)

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0085 FOOTBALL

Shawn Andrews

Born 1982

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0086 BASSIST

Nick Douglas

Born 1967

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0087 BASKET

Gary Melchionni

Born 1951

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0088 MUSIC

Rachel Gould

Born 1953

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0089 ACTOR

Allen Midgette

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0090 POLITICIAN

David Baird Jr.

1881 - 1955

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0091 POLITICIAN

Charles A. Wolverton

1880 - 1969

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0092 PAINTER

Vernon Howe Bailey

1874 - 1953

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0093 POLITICIAN

Philemon T. Herbert

1825 - 1864

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0094 FOOTBALL

George Hegamin

Born 1973

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0095 NOVELIST

Terri Brisbin

Born 1948

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0096 OFFICER

Henry Braid Wilson

1861 - 1954

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0097 PRIEST

George V. Murry

1948 - 2020

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0098 MUSIC

Frank Tiberi

Born 1928

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0099 DIPLOMAT

Edwin de Leon

1818 - 1891

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0100 SINGER

Gordon Bok

Born 1939

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0101 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Lucy Taxis Shoe Meritt

1906 - 2003

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0102 POLITICIAN

James Dellet

1788 - 1848

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0103 FOOTBALL

Kevin Ross (American football)

Born 1962

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0104 FOOTBALL

Vonnie Holliday

Born 1975

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0105 PLAYER

Brian Vahaly

Born 1979

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0106 POLITICIAN

Catherine Dorris Norrell

1901 - 1981

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0107 CHILD

Florence Sally Horner

1937 - 1952

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0108 POLITICIAN

James Miller Williams

1818 - 1890

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0109 FOOTBALL

Tyronne Drakeford

Born 1971

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0110 FOOTBALL

O'Brien Schofield

Born 1987

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0111 ARMY

John Bordenave Villepigue

1830 - 1862

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0112 WRITER

Andrew Clements

1949 - 2019

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0113 PLAYER

Pam Casale

Born 1963

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0114 ROWER

John Stack (rower)

1924 - 1997

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0115 POLITICIAN

Robert Hardy Smith

1813 - 1878

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0116 POLITICIAN

Larry Pratt

Born 1942

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0117 BASEBALL

Shawn Gilbert

Born 1965

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0118 POLITICIAN

Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell

1830 - 1917

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0119 JUMPER

Frank Chapot

1932 - 2016

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0120 POLITICIAN

Angelo Errichetti

1928 - 2013

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0121 FOOTBALL

Scott Bull

Born 1953

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0122 SINGER

Richard Sterban

Born 1943

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0123 PRIEST

James F. Checchio

Born 1966

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0124 WRITER

Sidney McCall

1865 - 1954

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0125 BASKET

Forrest McKenzie

Born 1963

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0126 FOOTBALL

Billy Hunter (basketball)

Born 1942

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0127 FOOTBALL

Jack Ferrante

1916 - 2006

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0128 WRITER

Moses Grandy

1786 - 1843

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0129 BASEBALL

Eddie Gaillard

Born 1970

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0130 ACTOR

Milt Kogan

Born 1936

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0131 SCULPTOR

Noah Purifoy

1917 - 2004

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0132 FOOTBALL

Haason Reddick

Born 1994

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0133 BASEBALL

Kid Gleason

1866 - 1933

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0134 POLITICIAN

George W. Wilson

1840 - 1909

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0135 MUSIC

Eric Lewis (pianist)

Born 1973

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0136 COACH

Jim Ryan (American football)

Born 1957

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0137 FOOTBALL

Bobby Engram

Born 1973

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0138 ELÉCTRIC

Seymour Liebergot

Born 1936

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0139 COMPOSER

James E. Pugh

Born 1950

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0140 ACTIVIST

Darnell L. Moore

Born 1976

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0141 ROWER

Bill Knecht

1930 - 1992

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0142 FOOTBALL

Art Still

Born 1955

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0143 POLITICIAN

John Carter (South Carolina politician)

1792 - 1850

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0144 MORMON

Lot Smith

1830 - 1892

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0145 WRESTLER

Steve Rizzono

Born 1970

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0146 COACH

Tommy Tuberville

Born 1954

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0147 BASEBALL

Jeff Datz

Born 1959

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0148 HOCKEY

Rachel Dawson

Born 1985

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0149 PRODUCER

Leon Huff

Born 1942

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0150 FOOTBALL

Donovin Darius

Born 1975

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0151 MILITAR

Johnson Chesnut Whittaker

1858 - 1931

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0152 FOOTBALL

Maurice Fountain

Born 1982

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0153 ACTOR

David Aaron Clark

1960 - 2009

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0154 LAWYER

Rollin R. Rees

1865 - 1935

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0155 PSYCHOLOGIST

John C. Norcross

Born 1957

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0156 LAWYER

John Kershaw (American politician)

1765 - 1829

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0157 POLITICIAN

Stephen M. Sweeney

Born 1959

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0158 ACTOR

Beth Brickell

Born 1941

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0159 NOVELIST

Eric Dezenhall

Born 1962

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0160 EXPLORER

Ben Lilly

1856 - 1936

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0161 LAWYER

John Doby Kennedy

1840 - 1896

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0162 FILM

Edward Lewis (producer)

1920 - 2019

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0163 FOOTBALL

Kenny Irons

Born 1983

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0164 BASEBALL

Ike Hampton

Born 1951

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0165 GAME

Jim Perry (television personality)

1933 - 2015

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0166 QUEEN

Janaye Ingram

Born 1979

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0167 BASKET

Glenn Sekunda

Born 1973

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0168 OFFICER

Bowman H. McCalla

1844 - 1910

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0169 FOOTBALL

Rashad Baker

Born 1982

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0170 BASEBALL

Rawly Eastwick

Born 1950

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0171 POLITICIAN

Henry H. Holt

1831 - 1898

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0172 BANDLEADER

Tye Tribbett

Born 1976

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0173 BANK

George Norcross

Born 1956

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0174 FOOTBALL

Valeri Saramutin

Born 1995

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0175 MISSIONARY

Francis Dunlap Gamewell

1857 - 1950

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0176 NOVELIST

Ellen Gable

Born 1959

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0177 ARTIST

Alex Da Corte

Born 1980

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0178 JOURNALIST

Jonathan V. Last

Born 1974

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0179 MILITAR

James Cantey

1818 - 1874

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0180 FILM

John Moyer (comedian)

Born 1969

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0181 WRITER

Betty Cavanna

1909 - 2001

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0182 BUSINESS

Oz Griebel

1949 - 2020

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0183 BUSINESS

Bruce S. Gordon

Born 1946

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0184 MUSIC

Tony Tillman

Born 1981

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0185 JOURNALIST

Harold Johnson (sportscaster)

Born 1940

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0186 BASEBALL

Jimmy Newberry

1919 - 1983

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0187 BASKET

Charles Payton (basketball)

Born 1960

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0188 PRIEST

Thomas Joseph Costello

1929 - 2019

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0189 FOOTBALL

Fred Cone (American football)

Born 1926

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0190 POET

Nick Virgilio

1928 - 1989

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0191 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

Newton Morton

1929 - 2018

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0192 ACTOR

James Cardwell (actor)

1921 - 1954

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0193 COMPOSER

Anna Sosenko

1909 - 2000

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0194 EDUCATOR

Ralph Waldo Swetman

1886 - 1957

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0195 FOOTBALL

John Brown (offensive tackle)

Born 1939

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0196 BASKET

Mike Myers (cestista)

Born 1992

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0197 FOOTBALL

Steve Israel (American football)

Born 1969

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0198 JUDGE

John Cooper Godbold

1920 - 2009

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0199 FOOTBALL

Avon Cobourne

Born 1979

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0200 POLITICIAN

Ed Forchion

Born 1964

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0201 PODCASTER

Heather Henderson

Born 1973

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0202 FOOTBALL

Turk McBride

Born 1985

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0203 UNITED NATION

James Morgan Read

1908 - 1985

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0204 POLITICIAN

Ellen Moyer

Born 1936

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0205 FOOTBALL

Art Best

1953 - 2014

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0206 SINGER

Barbara Ingram

1947 - 1994

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0207 BASKET

Harvey Pollack

1922 - 2015

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0208 ACTOR

B. J. Averell

Born 1979

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0209 FOOTBALL

Steve Hoffman (American football)

Born 1958

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0210 POLITICIAN

Jim Holt (Arkansas politician)

Born 1965

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0211 POLITICIAN

Jerome Case

1819 - 1891

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0212 FOOTBALL

Todd McNair

Born 1965

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0213 SWIMMER

Sean Killion

Born 1967

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0214 THEOLOGIAN

William Hatch

1875 - 1972

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0215 OFFICER

Philip H. Cooper

1844 - 1912

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0216 FARMER

Rod Searle

1920 - 2014

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0217 BASEBALL

Bill Laxton

Born 1948

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0218 FOOTBALL

Stacy Andrews

Born 1981

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0219 ACTOR

Irvin Koszewski

1924 - 2009

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0220 BOXER

Prince Badi Ajamu

Born 1972

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0221 ARTIST

Suzanne Muldowney

Born 1952

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0222 POLITICIAN

Kristin Phillips-Hill

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0223 BASKET

Jasper Wilson (basketball)

Born 1947

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0224 BISHOP

Calvin Kingsley

1812 - 1870

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0225 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Ashley Coleman

Born 1981

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0226 BASKET

Todd Lowber

Born 1982

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0227 ACTOR

Noah Starr

Born 1980

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0228 LIBRARIAN

William B. Brahms

Born 1966

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0229 ARTIST

Lucy Mingo

Born 1931

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0230 BASEBALL

Ray Narleski

1928 - 2012

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0231 ARTIST

Mary Lee Bendolph

Born 1935

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0232 SURGEON

Levi Cooper Lane

1828 - 1902

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0233 LAWYER

Joseph H. Rodriguez

Born 1930

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0234 SOLDIER

Charles F. Pendleton

1931 - 1953

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0235 REPUBLICAN

David A. Norcross

Born 1937

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0236 ADVOCATE

Lois Rhame West

1921 - 2014

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0237 PRODUCER

Ronny J

Born 1992

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0238 FOOTBALL

Richard Newbill

Born 1968

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0239 FOOTBALL

Lorenzo Freeman

1964 - 2016

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0240 FOOTBALL

Corey Williams (American football)

Born 1980

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0241 LAWYER

Robert B. Kugler

Born 1950

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0242 NATURALIST

Marcia Bonta

Born 1940

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0243 BASEBALL

Brian Meyer

Born 1963

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0244 POLITICIAN

Dana Redd

Born 1968

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0245 WRESTLER

Billy Darnell

1926 - 2007

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0246 PHOTOGRAPHER

Myron Scott

1907 - 1998

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0247 FOOTBALL

David Irons

Born 1982

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0248 MUSIC

Billy Gibson

Born 1996

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0249 MUSIC

Kirk Nurock

Born 1948

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0250 BASEBALL

Sig Jakucki

1909 - 1979

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0251 BASEBALL

Martin V. Bergen

1872 - 1941

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0252 ARTIST

Myra Mimlitsch-Gray

Born 1962

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0253 SWIMMER

Diane Giebel

Born 1953

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0254 FOOTBALL

David Griggs (American football)

1967 - 1995

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0255 BASEBALL

Lynn Lovenguth

1922 - 2000

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0256 BASEBALL

Fred Heimach

1901 - 1973

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0257 BASEBALL

Ed Keegan

1939 - 2014

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0258 LAWYER

David Warner Hagen

Born 1931

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0259 FOOTBALL

Andre Cooper

Born 1975

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0260 MILITAR

John C. Villepigue

1896 - 1919

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0261 POLITICIAN

Gilbert "Whip" Wilson

Born 1947

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0262 FOOTBALL

Sean Chandler

Born 1996

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0263 REPUBLICAN

John L. White

1930 - 2001

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0264 PROFESSOR

William Pannapacker

Born 1968

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0265 FOOTBALL

Shawn Elliott (American football)

Born 1973

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0266 BASEBALL

Ed Lennox

1883 - 1939

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0267 FILM

Langdon West

1886 - 1947

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0268 POET

Alyesha Wise

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0269 POLITICIAN

Randy Primas

1949 - 2012

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0270 BASEBALL

Gary Wilson (1970s pitcher)

Born 1954

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0271 FOOTBALL

Jamaal Green

Born 1980

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0272 CHESS

Charles A. Gilberg

1835 - 1898

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0273 BASEBALL

Harry Gleason

1875 - 1961

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0274 RADIO

Bob Lassiter

1945 - 2006

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0275 FOOTBALL

Sean Daniels

Born 1991

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0276 BASKET

Charron Fisher

Born 1985

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0277 POLITICIAN

Paul G. Pinsky

Born 1950

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0278 FOOTBALL

Moses Denson

Born 1944

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0279 SCIENTIST

Bryant Villeponteau

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0280 BOXER

Joe Harris (Boxer)

1945 - 1990

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0281 PLAYER

Chris Klodnicki

Born 1985

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0282 CREATIVE

William Wesley

Born 1964

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0283 COACH

Eddie McGirt

1920 - 1970

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0284 FILM

Joe Baltake

1945 - 2020

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0285 FOOTBALL

Charles Bennett (American football)

Born 1983

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0286 SHOW

Aaron McCargo Jr.

Born 1971

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0287 HOCKEY

Kent Salfi

Born 1971

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0288 MODEL

Dorothy Hann

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0289 LAWYER

Oscar Brown Sr.

1895 - 1990

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0290 FOOTBALL

Orrin Thompson

Born 1982

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0291 COACH

Andre Patterson (American football)

Born 1960

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0292 COACH

Elliott Jones

1870 - 1951

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0293 BASEBALL

Fred Payne (baseball)

1880 - 1954

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0294 SPORT

Clarence Platt

Born 1873

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0295 POLITICIAN

Dick Kelsey (politician)

Born 1946

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0296 POLITICIAN

Laurie Funderburk

Born 1975

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0297 BASEBALL

Bill Eagan

1869 - 1905

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0298 ARCHITECT

Henry C. Hibbs

1882 - 1949

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0299 DEVELOPER

Tim Cannon

Born 1979

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0300 POLITICIAN

Lawrence Curry

1935 - 2018

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