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Famous people · Laurel
19 famous people come from Laurel, Roy Horan the best known
At the top of the list is the American actor Roy Horan, covered in 14 languages. The American middle-distance runner Juliette Whittaker ranks second, ahead of Tiffany McCarty. The largest group, 9, was born between 1920 and 1969. 4 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Roy Horan
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1840
Horace Capron, Jr.
Youngest
2003
Juliette Whittaker
Most common field
Sports
9 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Laurel’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Laurel’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 4.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Laurel
Athletes take two of the three places.
#2
#3Known for
What Laurel is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.3 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Laurel
Here are 16 more, born from 1840 to 1986.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Laurel home
One more notable person made the town home: John Calder Brennan.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Laurel 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 (6)
- Juliette Whittaker: Habst, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tiffany McCarty: KazLovesPinoe, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Larsen: Flipchick9, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Horace Capron, Jr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabel Haslup Lamb: Medical Society of the District of Columbia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Karl G. Taylor, Sr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons