#1Famous people · Monroe
4 famous people were born in Monroe from 1822 to 1963
Most widely known is Mike Gminski, the American basketball player, with articles in 14 languages. Second and third on the list are Leslie Bader and Arthur Wells French. Mike Gminski, the best known, was born in 1959. More are athletes than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Mike Gminski
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1822
Sidney Burr Beardsley
Youngest
1963
Leslie Bader
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Monroe
First, Mike Gminski (14 languages), then Leslie Bader (6) and Arthur Wells French (2).
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Writing & Arts
Arthur Wells French
1846–191619th century journalist and popular-song writer
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Monroe’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 1.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Monroe is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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 Monroe
1 more, best known first.
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The most names next door are in Newtown: 19.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monroe 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 (7)
- Mike Gminski: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sidney Burr Beardsley: Henry Clay Williams, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Toucey: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Drury: Huntingj38, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mackie Samoskevich: Arc1294, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Orson Hyde: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Burr Osborne: Jennette Shepherd Harrison Loop, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons