#1Music
Dwight Yoakam
born 1956American country singer-songwriter, actor, and film director
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Famous people · Pikeville
13 famous people were born in Pikeville, more of them athletes than in most towns
With articles in 31 languages, Dwight Yoakam is the most widely known. The next two names are Patty Loveless and Mark Reynolds. The largest group, 6, was born between 1920 and 1969. 5 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Dwight Yoakam
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
Jack Smith
Youngest
1995
Dalton Maldonado
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Pikeville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Pikeville’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 4.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Pikeville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Pikeville
Two of the three are musicians.
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Everyone else born in Pikeville
10 more names, born between 1935 and 1995.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pikeville 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 (7)
- Dwight Yoakam: Dirk Hansen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Reynolds: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James A. Scott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Layne: Jerry_Layne_and_Adam_Jones.jpg: Keith Allison derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Phillip Wheeler: EKB TV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacob Justice: LRC Public Information - Photographers David Hargis and Bud Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons