#1Famous people · Cochran
The 4 famous people born in Cochran, led by Blowfly
Articles in 10 languages make the American musician Blowfly the best known. Behind the leader come Mosie Lister and William Maud Bryant. For every 10,000 residents there are 8.3 on the list, well above the typical Georgia town’s 4.3. Over 73 years of births, the list goes from Mosie Lister (1921) to Demario Beck (1994).
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Blowfly
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1921
Mosie Lister
Youngest
1994
Demario Beck
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Cochran
Languages with an article: 10 for Blowfly, 3 for Mosie Lister, 2 for William Maud Bryant.
#1ML#2
Music
Mosie Lister
1921–2015American songwriter, singer, Baptist minister
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
WB#3
Military
William Maud Bryant
1933–1969United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
2 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Cochran’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 2.
MusicMilitarySports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cochran is known for
Share of Cochran’s famous people in each 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 Cochran
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cochran 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 (1)
- Blowfly: Schorle, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons