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Famous people · Memphis
4 famous people come from Memphis, George Saling the best known
At the top of the list is the athletics competitor George Saling, covered in 22 languages. Alexandre Hogue, the American painter, comes second, with Minnie Howard third. Fewer than a quarter of the 390 towns in Missouri with famous people list more. Over 97 years of births, the list goes from Minnie Howard (1872) to Brian Boyer (1969).
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
George Saling
in 22 Wikipedia languages
First
1872
Minnie Howard
Youngest
1969
Brian Boyer
The best known
Born in Memphis
Languages with an article: 22 for George Saling, 4 for Alexandre Hogue, 3 for Minnie Howard.
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MH#3
Science & Medicine
Minnie Howard
1872–1965American physician and historian
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Memphis’s famous people were born
The 1900s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
NotableWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Memphis is known for
The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.
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 Memphis
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Memphis 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 (1)
- Brian Boyer: Littlehurt98, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons