#1Famous people · Leesville
Athletes stand out among the 11 famous people born in Leesville
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Demond Mallet, covered in 11 languages. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 7 of them. For every 10,000 residents there are 20 on the list, well above the typical Louisiana town’s 4. 3 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Demond Mallet
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
Charles J. Cavanaugh
Youngest
1990
Michael Ford
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Leesville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Leesville’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Leesville is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.8 times as common.
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 Leesville
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Leesville
Another 8, the earliest born in 1911.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Leesville 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)
- Demond Mallet: Elemaki, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buddy Leach: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Masters: Ann Masters, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carolyn Huntoon: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mel Branch: 7-Eleven, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Ford: original: Jim Larrisonderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- DeeDee Ritchie: Florida Gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons