#1Famous people · Carencro
4 famous people call Carencro their birthplace
Most widely known is Marc Broussard, the American musician, with articles in 7 languages. The American zydeco musician Rockin' Dopsie ranks second, ahead of Vic Stelly. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 3.4, close to the 4 of the typical Louisiana town. The biggest group are musicians: 2.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Marc Broussard
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1932
Rockin' Dopsie
Youngest
1982
Marc Broussard
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Carencro
Musicians take two of the three places.
#1RD#2
#3Through the years
When Carencro’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
MusicPolitics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Carencro is known for
Share of Carencro’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 Carencro
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Lafayette’s, at 45 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carencro 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)
- Marc Broussard: Stephanie Moore, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vic Stelly: GJ Charlet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Armand Duplantis: Peter Arnold, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons