#1Famous people · Alexander City
Athletes stand out among the 19 famous people born in Alexander City
The best known is the American football player Terrell Owens, with articles in 22 languages. Close behind are George Hardy and Kendall Graveman. Most were born since 1970: 12 of them. The first birth on record is Johnny Watwood’s, in 1905, and the last Robert Howard’s, in 1996.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Terrell Owens
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1905
Johnny Watwood
Youngest
1996
Robert Howard
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Alexander City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Alexander City’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 5 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Alexander City is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.4 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Alexander City
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Alexander City
Another 16, 14 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alexander City 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)
- Terrell Owens: Collision Conf from New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendall Graveman: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Phillips: Topps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons