#1Famous people · De Queen
De Queen is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Most widely known is Wes Watkins, the American politician, with articles in 9 languages. Collin Raye, the American country music singer, comes second, with Lin Halliday third. Born in 1925, J. Lynn Helms is the first name on record, and Collin Raye, born in 1959, the most recent. The biggest group are musicians: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Wes Watkins
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1925
J. Lynn Helms
Youngest
1959
Collin Raye
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in De Queen
Musicians take two of the three places.
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Through the years
When De Queen’s famous people were born
The 1930s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
MusicPolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What De Queen is known for
The field with the most names is Music: 2.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in De Queen
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is De Queen 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)
- Wes Watkins: United States House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Collin Raye: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Lynn Helms: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons