#1Famous people · Marianna
12 famous people come from Marianna, Oliver Lake the best known
Most widely known is Oliver Lake, the American musician, with articles in 17 languages. Births since 1970 account for 2 of the names. From Minor Watson in 1889 to Marcus Brown in 1987, the births cover 98 years. For every 10,000 residents there are 35.1 on the list, well above the typical Arkansas town’s 3.8.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Oliver Lake
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
Minor Watson
Youngest
1987
Marcus Brown
Most common field
Sports
5 people
The best known
Born in Marianna
Counted by languages, Oliver Lake is ahead of Oscar Polk and Minor Watson: 17, 16 and 12.
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#3Through the years
When Marianna’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
SportsMusicFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Marianna is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 4.6 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marianna 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 (6)
- Oliver Lake: Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Oscar Polk: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Minor Watson: Pathe Industries. The original uploader was BillTunell at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Flowers: Golden Tulip, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Lynn Collier: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert McFerrin: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons