#1Ed Reed
born 1978American football player, defensive back, safety
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Best known of all is Ed Reed, written about in 17 languages. The American football player Justin Jefferson ranks second, ahead of Margaret Taylor-Burroughs. Since 1970, 3 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 6.5 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Louisiana has 4.
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 1 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Two of the three are athletes.
#1American football player, defensive back, safety
#2American visual artist
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
A further 2 follow, born between 1894 and 1984.
No one matches both filters.
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Be the first to say who St. Rose’s most famous person is.
Kenner leads the towns around it, with 10 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Rose 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.