#1Famous people · Rayville
Athletes stand out among the 11 famous people born in Rayville
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Elvin Hayes, covered in 26 languages. Ernie Ladd and Boogie Woogie Red follow. The largest group, 8, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list comes to 33.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 4 in the typical town in Louisiana.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Elvin Hayes
in 26 Wikipedia languages
First
1925
Boogie Woogie Red
Youngest
1995
Jalen Tolliver
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Rayville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Rayville is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Rayville’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 3.
SportsPolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rayville
Elvin Hayes, Ernie Ladd and Boogie Woogie Red are written about in 26, 11 and 3 languages.
#1
#2Sports
Ernie Ladd
1938–2007American football player and professional wrestler
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
BR#3
Music
Boogie Woogie Red
1925–1992American Detroit blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Rayville
8 more, from 1927 to 1995.
Terry A. Doughty
born 1959United States federal judge for the Western District of Louisiana
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rayville 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)
- Elvin Hayes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernie Ladd: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of …, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Jones: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons