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Famous people · Covington
Ian Somerhalder tops a list of 16 famous people born in Covington
The best known is the American actor Ian Somerhalder, with articles in 72 languages. Katherine Brooks, the film director, comes second, with Peyton Ernst third. The largest group, 9, was born since 1970. Only 18 of the 229 towns in Louisiana with anyone on record list more.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Ian Somerhalder
in 72 Wikipedia languages
First
1840
E. John Ellis
Youngest
2000
Katherine Haik
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Covington’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Covington
Two of the three are performers.
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#3Through the years
When Covington’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Covington is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as performers, at 2 times.
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 Covington
Still to come: 13 more, from 1840 to 2000.
Harry Reeks
1920–1982American landscape painter and combat artist for the United States Marine Corps
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A chosen home
Also called Covington home
Born elsewhere, Lane Carson lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Covington 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)
- Katherine Brooks: Katherine Brooks, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peyton Ernst: Alessandro Gamberi, CC BY-SA 3.0 it, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Schimpf: Keith Allison on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- E. John Ellis: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Burton Ellis: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Jefferson: Matthew Tosh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Katherine Haik: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nadine Barclay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons