#1Writing & Arts
Jessamyn Duke
born 1986American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
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Famous people · Whitesburg
6 famous people were born in Whitesburg
Jessamyn Duke is the best known, with articles in 8 languages. Between 1920 and 1969, 3 were born, the most of any period. The earliest on the list is Harry M. Caudill, born in 1922, and the youngest Jessamyn Duke, born in 1986. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Jessamyn Duke
in 8 Wikipedia languages
First
1922
Harry M. Caudill
Youngest
1986
Jessamyn Duke
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Whitesburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Whitesburg’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 2.
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Whitesburg
Two of the three are writers and artists.
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What Whitesburg is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 2.4 times as common.
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Everyone else born in Whitesburg
3 more, 2 of them leaders.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Whitesburg 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 (5)
- Jessamyn Duke: Sgt. 1st Class Nathan W. Hutchison, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Beatty: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angie Hatton: Mountain Top News, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry M. Caudill: Bob Gomel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Jones: Mountain Top News, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons