#1Cary is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Most widely known is Drew Conner, the American soccer player, with articles in 6 languages. Second place goes to the American basketball player Nicholas Livas, third to A. J. Raebel. Over 9 years of births, the list goes from A. J. Raebel (1985) to Drew Conner (1994). More are athletes than anything else, 4 in all.
Born in Cary
All three are athletes.
#1When Cary’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Cary is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Cary
2 more, best known first.

No one matches both filters.
Who’s the most famous person from Cary?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Cary’s most famous person is.
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Cary.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cary 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 (3)
- Drew Conner: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Kaczmarski: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amanze Egekeze: Hanegi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
