#1Famous people · Hazard
14 famous people were born in Hazard, most of them between 1920 and 1969
The best known is the American actress Rebecca Gayheart, with articles in 27 languages. Glen Combs and Daniel Mongiardo follow. For every 10,000 residents there are 28 on the list, well above the typical Kentucky town’s 4.8. Over 44 years of births, the list goes from Cora Combs (1927) to Rebecca Gayheart (1971).
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Rebecca Gayheart
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1927
Cora Combs
Youngest
1971
Rebecca Gayheart
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
What stands out about Hazard’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Hazard’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
Politics & LawFilm, TV & StageSportsScience & MedicineNotableWriting & ArtsBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Hazard
First, Rebecca Gayheart (27 languages), then Glen Combs (9) and Daniel Mongiardo (7).
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#3Science & Medicine
Daniel Mongiardo
born 1960American physician and politician
7 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for
What Hazard is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, 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.
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Everyone else born in Hazard
The other 11 span the years 1927 to 1967.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Hazard 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)
- Rebecca Gayheart: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glen Combs: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Mongiardo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cora Combs: Robert E. Fisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Shelby Lee Adams: Tinette, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gregory N. Stivers: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Dudley Goodlette: Florida House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Craft: US Embassy Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons