#1Famous people · Opelousas
Most of the 28 famous people born in Opelousas came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Articles in 22 languages make the American athlete Rod Milburn the best known. Charles E. Nash and Andre B. Roman follow. From Andre B. Roman to Keon Coleman, the births on the list run from 1795 to 2003. More are athletes than anything else, 11 in all.
Born here
28
notable people
Best known
Rod Milburn
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1795
Andre B. Roman
Youngest
2003
Keon Coleman
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Opelousas’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Opelousas’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 7 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFaithScience & MedicineBusinessFilm, TV & StageMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Opelousas
Rod Milburn, Charles E. Nash and Andre B. Roman are written about in 22, 10 and 9 languages.
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What Opelousas is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Opelousas 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 (8)
- Rod Milburn: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles E. Nash: Mathew Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andre B. Roman: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Harry Swinney: Homer Louisiana High School, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Keon Coleman: Porsha Auzenne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Prudhomme: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Mouton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- H. Garland Dupré: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons