#1Famous people · Monroe
The 13 famous people born in Monroe, led by Frances Conroy
The best known is the American actress Frances Conroy, with articles in 42 languages. Alfred H. Colquitt (1824) and Javianne Oliver (1994) mark the two ends of the list. The list comes to 8.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.3 in the typical town in Georgia. Since 1970, 6 were born, the most of any period.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Frances Conroy
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1824
Alfred H. Colquitt
Youngest
1994
Javianne Oliver
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Monroe’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Monroe’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1980s, with 4 births.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Monroe
Frances Conroy leads with articles in 42 languages, ahead of Alfred H. Colquitt (14) and Javianne Oliver (14).
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#3Notable
Javianne Oliver
born 1994American female track and field sprinter
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What Monroe is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.5 times.
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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 (8)
- Frances Conroy: iDominick, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred H. Colquitt: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Javianne Oliver: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Moss: Dave Sizer on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifford Walker: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Hubbard: Umgnashvilleofficial, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Dickerson McDaniel: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Prince Hulon Preston, Jr.: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons