#1Famous people · Jennings
16 famous people were born in Jennings, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Travis Etienne, the American football player, with articles in 9 languages. Dick Winslow, the American actor, comes second, with Al Woods third. Per head, the list is long: 16.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Louisiana has 4. Fewer than a quarter of the 242 towns in Louisiana with famous people list more.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Travis Etienne
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Carlton E. Morse
Youngest
1999
Travis Etienne
Most common field
Sports
8 people
The best known
Born in Jennings
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Jennings’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1930s, with 3 births.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawFaithScience & MedicineBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Jennings is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jennings 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 (4)
- Travis Etienne: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Woods: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chancy Croft: Elaine B. Mitchell (editor), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugene John Hebert: Hebert family, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons