#1Famous people · Canton
26 famous people were born in Canton, more of them musicians than in most towns
Articles in 13 languages make the American musician Sonny Landreth the best known. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 16 in all. William M. Walton (1832) and Quinndary Weatherspoon (1996) mark the two ends of the list. Per head, the list is long: 24 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Mississippi has 14.3.
Born here
26
notable people
Best known
Sonny Landreth
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1832
William M. Walton
Youngest
1996
Quinndary Weatherspoon
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Canton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Canton is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 2.8 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 Canton
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Canton’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 6.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Canton
Still to come: 23 more, from 1832 to 1979.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Canton 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 (8)
- Sonny Landreth: Truejustice, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Quinndary Weatherspoon: Rikster2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- L. C. Greenwood: Greenwood_and_Tiant_on_Albany.jpg: United States Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christina M. Shaw derivative work: Blueag9, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Field: Texas State Preservation Board (Austin, TX)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Herring: Ron Baker https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingsnake, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eaton J. Bowers: C. M. Bell Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl B. Dickerson: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- W. R. Alford: Michael Filaseta, CC0, Wikimedia Commons