#1From 1896 to 2000, Reserve was the birthplace of 4 famous people
Jared Butler, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. The next two names are Patrick Lewis and Kid Thomas Valentine. The list’s best known name, Jared Butler, dates from 2000. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all.
Born in Reserve
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2When Reserve’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 2000s, at 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Reserve is known for
Reserve has 2.1× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Reserve
1 more, best known first.
Who’s the most famous person from Reserve?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who Reserve’s most famous person is.
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 2 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Reserve 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)
- Jared Butler: LockedIN Magazine, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Lewis: Mike Morris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kid Ory: Okeh Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Bartholomew: Dave_Bartholomew_on_left,_Fats_Domino_at_right.jpg: Klaus Hiltscher derivative work: SpinningSpark, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

