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CLINTON

Most Famous People Born in Clinton, United States

Notable people
305
Peak decade
1860s
Median birth year
1909
Most distinctive
Coach 11.1×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1860s with 26 notable births.

What Clinton Is Known For

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Politician is Clinton's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (56).

Clinton over-indexes on coach11.1× the global rate.

Clinton under-produces actor — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Politician56
  2. Baseball37
  3. Football34
  4. Lawyer24
  5. Actor11
  6. Basket11
  7. Coach7
  8. Journalist6
  1. Coach711.1×
  2. Baseball3710.7×
  3. Lawyer244.5×
  4. Basket112.9×
  5. Hockey61.7×
  6. Politician561.6×
  1. Actor110.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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305 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Agnes Moorehead

1900 - 1974

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0002 SINGER

Toby Keith

Born 1961

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0003 POLITICIAN

Elihu Root

1845 - 1937

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0004 POLITICIAN

William R. King

1786 - 1853

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0005 FILM

Clarence Brown

1890 - 1987

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0006 ACTOR

Lillian Russell

1860 - 1922

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0007 POLITICIAN

Daniel Morgan

1736 - 1802

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0008 JOURNALIST

Sydney Schanberg

1934 - 2016

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0009 BASKET

Ty Lawson

Born 1987

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0010 PHYSICIST

Henry DeWolf Smyth

1898 - 1986

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0011 POLITICIAN

Alexander Martin

1740 - 1807

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0012 BAJO

Natalee Holloway

1986 - 2005

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0013 POLITICIAN

Trey Hollingsworth

Born 1983

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0014 BASKET

Dante Cunningham

Born 1987

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0015 SOLDIER

Theophilus H. Holmes

1804 - 1880

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0016 POLITICIAN

Bob Etheridge

Born 1941

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0017 POLITICIAN

Lauch Faircloth

Born 1928

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0018 PHOTOGRAPHER

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore

1856 - 1928

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0019 MATHEMATICIAN

Edward Vermilye Huntington

1874 - 1952

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0020 BOXER

Virgil Hill

Born 1964

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0021 HOCKEY

Scott Young (ice hockey, born 1967)

Born 1967

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0022 OFFICER

Horatio Wright

1820 - 1899

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0023 MURDER

Stephen Paddock

1953 - 2017

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0024 ASTRONAUT

David C. Hilmers

Born 1950

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0025 ACTOR

Peggy Moran

1918 - 2002

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0026 HOCKEY

Danny DeKeyser

Born 1990

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0027 POLITICIAN

Marion Butler

1863 - 1938

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0028 FOOTBALL

Willie Parker

Born 1980

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0029 POLITICIAN

Thomas Overton Moore

1804 - 1876

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0030 NOVELIST

T. J. Bass

1932 - 2011

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0031 SINGER

Gladys Swarthout

1900 - 1969

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0032 POLITICIAN

Charles Hillman Brough

1876 - 1935

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0033 POLITICIAN

John Lambert (politician)

1746 - 1823

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0034 HOCKEY

Michael McCarron

Born 1995

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0035 INTELLIGENCE

Charles Edward Jones

1952 - 2001

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0036 DRUMMER

Keith Carlock

Born 1971

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0037 BOXER

Jack Britton

1885 - 1962

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0038 ACCOUNTANT

Cynthia Cooper (accountant)

Born 1964

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0039 POLITICIAN

Gabriel Holmes

1769 - 1829

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0040 REPUBLICAN

Foster McGowan Voorhees

1856 - 1927

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0041 WRESTLER

Matt Bentley

Born 1979

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0042 ILLUSTRATOR

Robert Bruce Horsfall

1869 - 1948

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0043 WRESTLER

Mike DiBiase (born 1977)

Born 1977

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0044 WRESTLER

Brett DiBiase

Born 1988

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0045 ZOOLOGIST

Charles Christopher Adams

1873 - 1955

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0046 ECONOMIST

Edward Sagendorph Mason

1899 - 1992

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0047 FOOTBALL

Rodney McLeod

Born 1990

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0048 TRUFFATORE

James Reavis

1843 - 1914

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0049 POLITICIAN

Robert Burns Smith

1854 - 1908

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0050 BASEBALL

Dillon Overton

Born 1991

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0051 POLITICIAN

Philip J. Philbin

1898 - 1972

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0052 POLITICIAN

Robert Humphreys

1893 - 1977

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0053 RAILROAD

Charles Morgan (businessman)

1795 - 1878

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0054 ECONOMIST

Grace Raymond Hebard

1861 - 1936

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0055 JOURNALIST

Marquis Childs

1903 - 1990

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0056 JOURNALIST

Erica Hill

Born 1976

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0057 SPORT

Krista Voda

Born 1974

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0058 BASKET

Darion Atkins

Born 1992

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0059 LAWYER

Joseph E. Casey

1898 - 1980

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0060 ACTOR

Susan Bennett

Born 1949

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0061 BASEBALL

Cody Stanley

Born 1988

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0062 OPERA

Anna Case

1888 - 1984

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0063 POLITICIAN

Jane Anne Jayroe

Born 1947

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0064 BANDLEADER

Carroll Gibbons

1903 - 1954

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0065 POLITICIAN

Benjamin S. Paulen

1869 - 1961

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0066 MILITAR

Salvatore Giunta

Born 1985

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0067 BASEBALL

Jimmy Ryan (baseball)

1863 - 1923

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0068 POLITICIAN

Levi T. Griffin

1837 - 1906

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0069 BASKET

Cindy Blodgett

Born 1975

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0070 CLARINET

Danny Polo

1901 - 1949

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0071 PHYSICIAN

Edith Potter

1901 - 1993

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0072 POLITICIAN

Charles Pettit

1736 - 1806

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0073 FOOTBALL

Lee Smith (American football)

Born 1987

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0074 BASKET

Augustus Gilchrist

Born 1989

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0075 BASKET

Terry Holland

Born 1942

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0076 PLAYER

Earl Strickland

Born 1961

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0077 CLOWN

Felix Adler (clown)

1895 - 1960

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0078 LAWYER

Edward Crossland

1827 - 1881

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0079 AEROSPACE

Allen Paulson

1922 - 2000

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0080 FOOTBALL

Sam Aiken

Born 1980

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0081 POLITICIAN

J. Hart Brewer

1844 - 1900

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0082 BASKET

Gene Vance

1923 - 2012

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0083 FOOTBALL

John Cooper (American football)

Born 1937

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0084 POLITICIAN

Elmer H. Wene

1892 - 1957

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0085 SWIMMER

John Hargis

Born 1975

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0086 POLITICIAN

John R. Neal

1836 - 1889

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0087 LAWYER

James G. Donovan

1898 - 1987

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0088 ACADEMIC

David R. Wrone

Born 1933

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0089 ACTOR

Alex Shaffer (actor)

Born 1993

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0090 ACTOR

Muriel Frances Dana

1916 - 1997

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0091 HOCKEY

Christopher Bartolone

Born 1970

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0092 POLITICIAN

John C. Houk

1860 - 1923

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0093 FOOTBALL

L. T. Walton

Born 1992

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0094 POLITICIAN

Fred J. Douglas

1869 - 1949

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0095 FOOTBALL

Phil Taylor (American football)

Born 1988

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0096 EDITOR

Clay Bennett (cartoonist)

Born 1958

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0097 POLITICIAN

William S. Jacobsen

1887 - 1955

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0098 MANAGEMENT

Fred Luthans

Born 1939

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0099 MUSIC

Eldon Shamblin

1916 - 1998

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0100 ARTIST

Jim Ward (body piercer)

Born 1941

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0101 POLITICIAN

John Edgar Fowler

1866 - 1930

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0102 FOOTBALL

Kellen Gulley

Born 1994

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0103 LAWYER

Edward Aloysius Kenney

1884 - 1938

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0104 PHILANTHROPY

John Merrick (insurance)

1859 - 1919

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0105 WRITER

Hildegarde Swift

1890 - 1972

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0106 POLITICIAN

Collin McKinney

1766 - 1861

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0107 ACTOR

Beth Marion

1912 - 2003

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0108 ARCHITECT

Wirt C. Rowland

1878 - 1946

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0109 POLITICIAN

Patrick Henry (U.S. Congressman)

1843 - 1930

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0110 POLITICIAN

John K. Griffin

1789 - 1841

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0111 PRODUCER

Scott Hendricks

Born 1956

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0112 POLITICIAN

John Runk

1791 - 1872

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0113 LAWYER

James E. Graves Jr.

Born 1953

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0114 SOLDIER

Moses Van Campen

1757 - 1849

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0115 LAWYER

William W. Venable

1880 - 1948

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0116 POLITICIAN

Edwin W. Higgins

1874 - 1954

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0117 POLITICIAN

Pat Ward

1957 - 2012

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0118 LAWYER

George Hastings (American politician)

1807 - 1866

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0119 WRITER

Blanche McManus

1870 - 1935

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0120 BASEBALL

Al Atkinson (baseball)

1861 - 1952

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0121 ACADEMIC

Thornwell Jacobs

1877 - 1956

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0122 GUITAR

Jarekus Singleton

Born 1984

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0123 LAWYER

Francis H. Wilson

1844 - 1910

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0124 MUSIC

Andrew Lamb (musician)

Born 1958

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0125 POET

Clinton Scollard

1860 - 1932

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0126 ARCHITECT

Albert W. Fuller

1854 - 1934

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0127 POLITICIAN

Philip Gunn

Born 1963

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0128 WRITER

Jill Marie Landis

Born 1948

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0129 PROFESSOR

Karl Young (theatre historian)

1879 - 1943

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0130 FOOTBALL

Jim LaRue

1925 - 2015

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0131 PHILOLOGIST

Frank Justus Miller

1858 - 1938

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0132 BUSINESS

Herbert Sorrell

1897 - 1973

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0133 TEACHER

Electa Quinney

1798 - 1885

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0134 OFFICER

Albert H. Blanding

1876 - 1970

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0135 LAWYER

James R. Winchester

Born 1953

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0136 GEOLOGIST

A. G. Leonard

1865 - 1932

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0137 SCHOLAR

C. Hugh Holman

1914 - 1981

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0138 GEOGRAPHER

Barry A. Vann

Born 1960

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0139 POET

Sterling D. Plumpp

Born 1940

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0140 WRITER

Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan

1838 - 1923

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0141 URBAN PLANNER

George Burdett Ford

1879 - 1930

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0142 SKIER

Jamie Stanton (alpine skier)

Born 1994

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0143 CHEMIST

Donald L. Campbell

1904 - 2002

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0144 POLITICIAN

Mike Bonin

Born 1967

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0145 ARCHITECT

Katharine Budd

1860 - 1951

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0146 BASEBALL

Bobby Dews

1939 - 2015

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0147 LIBRARIAN

Loleta Fyan

1894 - 1990

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0148 FOOTBALL

Bobby Burnett

1943 - 2016

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0149 BASEBALL

Rube Benton

1890 - 1937

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0150 EDUCATION

Robert Herring Wright

1870 - 1934

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0151 FOOTBALL

Davin Meggett

Born 1990

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0152 SINGER

Meredith Edwards (singer)

Born 1984

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0153 BASEBALL

Malachi Kittridge

1869 - 1928

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0154 CIVIL SERVICE

Matthew J. Connelly

1907 - 1976

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0155 BASEBALL

Tim Fortugno

Born 1962

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0156 BASEBALL

Steve Luebber

Born 1949

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0157 LAWYER

Algernon Lee Butler

1905 - 1978

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0158 POLITICIAN

Thomas V. Miller Jr.

Born 1942

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0159 ARCHITECT

Joseph Blick

1867 - 1947

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0160 ACTOR

Meg Randall

1926 - 2018

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0161 WRITER

George Edwin Butler

1868 - 1941

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0162 ACTOR

Tex Terry

1902 - 1985

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0163 BASEBALL

Johnny Riddle

1905 - 1998

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0164 BASEBALL

Del Howard

1877 - 1956

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0165 PAINTER

Esther Newport

1901 - 1986

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0166 LAWYER

Stephen W. Brennan

1893 - 1968

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0167 ACTOR

Luke Barnett

Born 1983

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0168 BUSINESS

Frederick Bee

1825 - 1892

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0169 FOOTBALL

Armando Frigo

1917 - 1943

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0170 PSYCHIATRIST

John M. Dorsey

1900 - 1978

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0171 FOOTBALL

Leonard Henry

Born 1978

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0172 FOOTBALL

Cam Akers

Born 1999

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0173 LAWYER

Charles Barnes Goodwin

Born 1970

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0174 BASEBALL

Bill Bradford

1921 - 2000

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0175 FOOTBALL

Kevin Long (running back)

Born 1955

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0176 BASEBALL

Tom Hilgendorf

Born 1942

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0177 THEOLOGIAN

Rufus Hollis Gause

1925 - 2015

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0178 ENDOCRINOLOGIST

John B. Stanbury

1915 - 2015

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0179 BASKET

Wilfred C. Bleamaster

1881 - 1973

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0180 FOOTBALL

J. R. Boone

1925 - 2012

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0181 FOOTBALL

Mark Murphy (soccer)

Born 1984

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0182 LAWYER

John David McAdoo

1824 - 1883

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0183 MILITAR

Wilbur J. Peterkin

1904 - 1996

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0184 POLITICIAN

Gwendolyn Faison

Born 1925

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0185 OPERA

Kyle Ketelsen

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0186 FOOTBALL

Gordon Gore

1913 - 1987

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0187 LAWYER

Xenophon Hicks

1872 - 1952

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0188 FOOTBALL

Clifford Chatman

Born 1959

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0189 COACH

Paul Schilling

-

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0190 POLITICIAN

Steven Olson

Born 1947

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0191 POLITICIAN

DeWitt Webb

1840 - 1917

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0192 BASEBALL

Pearce Chiles

1867 - 1933

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0193 POLITICIAN

George Shadid

1929 - 2018

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0194 FINANCIER

John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn

1814 - 1897

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0195 HOCKEY

Sheldon Dries

Born 1994

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0196 WRITER

Caroline Elizabeth Merrick

1825 - 1908

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0197 ACADEMIC

Otto Kraushaar

1901 - 1989

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0198 LAWYER

Terence C. Kern

Born 1944

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0199 LAWYER

David Shaff

1924 - 2011

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0200 FOOTBALL

Billy Andrews

Born 1945

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0201 MISS

Taryn Foshee

Born 1985

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0202 POLITICIAN

Larry M. Bell

Born 1939

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0203 LAWYER

James C. Donnelly

1881 - 1952

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0204 HOCKEY

Dominic Vicari

Born 1984

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0205 LAWYER

Allmand A. McKoy

1825 - 1885

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0206 BASEBALL

Nig Perrine

1885 - 1948

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0207 DRIVER

Jason Hedlesky

Born 1974

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0208 MILITAR

Henry Schauer

1918 - 1997

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0209 POLITICIAN

W. Brent Jackson

Born 1957

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0210 BASEBALL

Johnny Stuart

1901 - 1970

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0211 BASEBALL

Bobby Sturgeon

1919 - 2007

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0212 BASKET

Greg Stempin

Born 1979

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0213 LAWYER

William Joel Blass

1917 - 2012

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0214 BASEBALL

Jamie Nelson

Born 1959

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0215 BASEBALL

Chick Galloway

1896 - 1969

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0216 FOOTBALL

Jerris McPhail

Born 1972

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0217 BASEBALL

Ivan Howard

1882 - 1967

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0218 JOURNALIST

John Young Foster

1831 - 1896

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0219 SOLDIER

Teresa King

Born 1961

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0220 POLICE

Nat Williams

Born 1956

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0221 BASKET

Ernest C. Wills

-

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0222 BASEBALL

Charlie Wilson (baseball)

1905 - 1970

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0223 POLITICIAN

Wade Van Valkenburg

1899 - 1985

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0224 PRIEST

Martin Cone

1882 - 1963

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0225 COACH

Dan Roushar

Born 1960

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0226 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Jenna Edwards

Born 1981

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0227 FOOTBALL

Charles Rinehart

1875 - 1933

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0228 BASEBALL

Jack McGeachey

1864 - 1930

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0229 SAILOR

Norman Edsall

1873 - 1899

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0230 SINGER

Zander Bleck

-

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0231 BASEBALL

Jim Fairbank

1881 - 1955

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0232 CHEMIST

Joseph L. Gormley

1914 - 2004

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0233 COACH

E. C. Duggins

1912 - 1960

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0234 COACH

John Magnabosco

1905 - 1956

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0235 FOOTBALL

T. J. Gore

Born 1987

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0236 MACHINIST

Ed Grothus

1923 - 2009

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0237 COACH

Larry Mac Duff

Born 1948

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0238 BASEBALL

Billy Burke (baseball)

1889 - 1967

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0239 BASEBALL

Glenna Sue Kidd

1933 - 2017

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0240 FOOTBALL

Dennis Owens

Born 1960

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0241 COACH

Melvin Spears

Born 1960

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0242 PHILOLOGIST

John Francis Latimer

1903 - 1991

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0243 BASEBALL

Bunny Fabrique

1887 - 1960

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0244 FOOTBALL

Jaret Holmes

Born 1976

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0245 FOOTBALL

Roy Bell (Canadian football)

Born 1949

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0246 SKATER

Kyle Carr

Born 1986

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0247 FOOTBALL

Kenny Edenfield

Born 1965

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0248 JOURNALIST

Gerry Dick

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0249 BASEBALL

Charlie Irwin

1869 - 1925

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0250 ACTOR

Kate Jepson

1860 - 1923

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0251 BASEBALL

Mike Overy

Born 1951

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0252 FOOTBALL

Fred Vanzo

1916 - 1976

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0253 ART HISTORIAN

Blake-More Godwin

1894 - 1975

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0254 POLITICIAN

Melvin L. Larsen

Born 1936

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0255 POLITICIAN

Henry J. Arnold

Born 1866

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0256 EARLY SETTLER

Israel Donalson

1767 - 1860

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0257 ARMY

Elisha Johns

1837 - 1920

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0258 LAWYER

Nathaniel Bennett

1818 - 1886

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0259 LAWYER

Clarine Nardi Riddle

Born 1949

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0260 JOURNALIST

Robert Hoyt (journalist)

1922 - 2003

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0261 LINGUIST

Barbara McNamara

Born 1942

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0262 FOOTBALL

Paul Kitteredge

1904 - 1947

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0263 BASKET

Joel Hitt

1916 - 2003

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0264 FOOTBALL

Horace E. Bemis

1868 - 1914

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0265 POLITICIAN

Benjamin Sweet

1832 - 1874

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0266 POLITICIAN

Norlin Mommsen

Born 1957

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0267 PSYCHOLOGIST

Robert E. Valett

1927 - 2008

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0268 BASEBALL

Jim McKnight

1936 - 1994

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0269 POLITICIAN

De Wayne Stebbins

1835 - 1901

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0270 POLITICIAN

George F. Gillette

-

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0271 BASEBALL

Frank Connaughton

1869 - 1942

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0272 FOOTBALL

Ronnie Dixon

Born 1971

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0273 BASEBALL

Jim Carleton

1848 - 1910

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0274 BASEBALL

Roy Crumpler

1896 - 1969

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0275 VIOLIN

Joseph Genualdi

-

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0276 POLITICIAN

Nurham O. Warwick

Born 1940

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0277 FOOTBALL

Olan Ruble

1906 - 1982

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0278 BASEBALL

Marjorie Pieper

1922 - 2008

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0279 LAWYER

Charles Pelton

Born 1940

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0280 POLITICIAN

Frederick Jackson (Politiker)

1847 - 1915

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0281 LAWYER

Rufus B. Dodge Jr.

1861 - 1935

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0282 POLITICIAN

John Stevenson (Ontario politician)

1812 - 1884

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0283 DRIVER

Amos Johnson

Born 1941

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0284 DRIVER

Curtis Smith (drag racer)

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0285 BASEBALL

Carlos Moore

1906 - 1958

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0286 COACH

Gaston F. Lewis

1903 - 1989

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0287 AIR FORCE

Ruby Butler DeMesme

-

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0288 MAYOR

David Hoagland Slayback

1861 - 1942

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0289 PLAYER

Andy Hawthorne (racquetball)

Born 1982

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0290 GEOLOGIST

Mary Louise Rhodes

1916 - 1987

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0291 POLITICIAN

Edwin T. Boykin

1854 - 1898

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0292 WORLD WAR

Percy Poe Bishop

1877 - 1967

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0293 LAWYER

Raymond J. Lynch

1909 - 2007

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0294 JUDGE

William John Keefe

1873 - 1955

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0295 MODEL

Janice Prishwalko

Born 1981

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0296 POLITICIAN

George Merrill Wright

Born 1865

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0297 BASEBALL

Jack Whillock

Born 1942

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0298 BASEBALL

Lavina Keough

1927 - 2001

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0299 FOOTBALL

Prentiss Waggner

Born 1990

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0300 BASEBALL

Gat Stires

1849 - 1933

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