#1Music
John Littlejohn
1931–1994American electric blues slide guitarist
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Famous people · Lake
Lake is the birthplace of 4 famous people
John Littlejohn, the American electric blues slide guitarist, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are Randy Houser and Jim Lyle. From Jim Lyle to Randy Houser, the births on the list run from 1900 to 1975. 260 towns across Mississippi can name a famous person born there.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
John Littlejohn
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Jim Lyle
Youngest
1975
Randy Houser
Most common field
Music
2 people
The best known
Born in Lake
Musicians take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When Lake’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lake is known for
Share of Lake’s famous people in each field.
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 Lake
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lake 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 (3)
- John Littlejohn: Lioneld ecoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Randy Houser: Keith Hinkle at https://www.flickr.com/photos/burningkarma/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Lyle: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons