#1Famous people · Lanham
13 famous people from Lanham, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the American basketball player Chinanu Onuaku, covered in 14 languages. Lio Rush is second and Josh Awotunde third. More than half were born since 1970, 10 in all. Births span 1815 to 1997, from Emily Saunders Plummer to Antoine Brooks.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Chinanu Onuaku
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1815
Emily Saunders Plummer
Youngest
1997
Antoine Brooks
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Lanham’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lanham’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 5 births.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lanham is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Lanham
The three best known are all athletes.
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Everyone else born in Lanham
Still to come: 10 more, from 1815 to 1997.
Guy S. Meloy Jr.
1903–1964American military officer; recipient of the Purple Heart medal
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Of the towns nearby, 2 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lanham 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 (10)
- Chinanu Onuaku: FCBQ, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lio Rush: Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Josh Awotunde: DSparrow14, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Kratovil: United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arinze Onuaku: Botend, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy S. Meloy Jr.: Nobunaga24, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Griffith: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Brooks: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Austin Freeman: sdjupedal from Leikanger, Norway, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kaila Charles: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons