#1Famous people · Newport
26 famous people were born in Newport, most of them in the age of mills and railroads
The best known is the American basketball player and coach Dave Cowens, with articles in 34 languages. Thomas Pollock Anshutz is second and Andy Kirk third. Per head, the list is long: 18.6 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Kentucky has 4.8. Only 6 of the 228 towns in Kentucky with anyone on record list more.
Born here
26
notable people
Best known
Dave Cowens
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1800
William Wright Southgate
Youngest
1948
Dave Cowens
Most common field
Sports
9 people
The best known
Born in Newport
Languages with an article: 34 for Dave Cowens, 18 for Thomas Pollock Anshutz, 16 for Andy Kirk.
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#2Writing & Arts
Thomas Pollock Anshutz
1851–1912American painter and teacher
18 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Music
Andy Kirk
1898–1992American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
16 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Newport’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1850s, at 3.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageNotableWriting & ArtsMusicMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Newport is known for
Share of Newport’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 Newport
Another 23, the earliest born in 1800.
Horace Harmon Lurton
1844–1914Confederate Army soldier, lawyer, judge and politician
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Nearby, Covington has the most on record, with 54.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Newport 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 (18)
- Dave Cowens: Robert Kingsbury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Pollock Anshutz: Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Kirk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Taliaferro Thompson: Phillips Studio, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Alexander: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl Metcalfe: Packard (picture credit), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathaniel Shaler: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Curtis: Film screenshot (Producers Releasing Corporation), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah T. Bolton: John Sartain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brent Spence: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Harmon Lurton: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Saint John: PD-US, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wright Southgate: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kid Baldwin: Goodwin & Company, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Belew: Burton Lo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Spielberg: Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucien Hubbard: Universal Pictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Bunning: From collection of JGHowes, self-scanned for Wikipedia. Original uploader was JGHowes at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons