JD#1
Film, TV & Stage
John Dye
1963–2011American film and television actor
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Famous people · Amory
Most of the 17 famous people born in Amory came into the world since 1970
The best known is the American film and television actor John Dye, with articles in 17 languages. From Lucille Bogan in 1897 to Tevin Jones in 1992, the births cover 95 years. Per head, the list is long: 26.2 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Mississippi has 14.3. 8 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
17
notable people
Best known
John Dye
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1897
Lucille Bogan
Youngest
1992
Tevin Jones
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Amory’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Amory’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1980s, at 3.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicNotableMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Amory
Performers take two of the three places.
#2LB#3
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What Amory is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.3 times as common.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Amory 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 (7)
- Gary Grubbs: Flacourtophile, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitch Moreland: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Trent Harmon: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Vernier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Floyd Mayweather, Sr.: Ganglandboss at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Presley: DHS photo by Tia Dufour, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbert Carter: Staff Sgt. Christine Jones, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tevin Jones: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons