#1Famous people · Batesville
Athletes stand out among the 18 famous people born in Batesville
The best known is the American football player Darrell Henderson, with articles in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Lewis Edward Anderson and Deshea Townsend. Per head, the list is long: 24.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Mississippi has 14.3. 7 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Darrell Henderson
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1870
Richard H. Leigh
Youngest
1997
Darrell Henderson
Most common field
Sports
13 people
What stands out about Batesville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Batesville is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Batesville’s famous people were born
The 1980s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawScience & MedicineMilitaryMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Batesville
Darrell Henderson has articles in 6 languages, Lewis Edward Anderson in 6 and Deshea Townsend in 5.
#1LA#2
Science & Medicine
Lewis Edward Anderson
1912–2007American botanist and bryologist
6 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Batesville
15 more, 11 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Batesville 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)
- Darrell Henderson: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deshea Townsend: SteelCityHobbies, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamarca Sanford: Joe Bielawa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard H. Leigh: Naval History Division, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Vick: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jermarcus Hardrick: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons