#1Famous people · Calhoun
11 famous people from Calhoun, many of them athletes
Articles in 16 languages make the US American tennis player McCartney Kessler the best known. Second and third on the list are William Thompson and Elias Boudinot. Since 1970, 5 were born, the most of any period. Over 199 years of births, the list goes from Elias Boudinot (1802) to Davis Allen (2001).
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
McCartney Kessler
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1802
Elias Boudinot
Youngest
2001
Davis Allen
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Calhoun’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Calhoun is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Calhoun’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 2.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Calhoun
Three names lead: McCartney Kessler (16 languages), William Thompson (15) and Elias Boudinot (10).
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Everyone else born in Calhoun
Here are 8 more, born from 1858 to 2001.
Dale Willis
1938–2021American college baseball player, Major League Baseball player, pitcher
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Calhoun 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 (5)
- McCartney Kessler: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Thompson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elias Boudinot: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Smoker: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Cook: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons