#1Famous people · Leland
Musicians stand out among the 6 famous people born in Leland
Thelma Houston, the American singer, is the most widely known, written about in 21 languages. Second and third on the list are Wadada Leo Smith and Johnie Cooks. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 4 of them. Born in 1918, Floyd Huddleston is the first name on record, and Christian Holmes, born in 1997, the most recent.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Thelma Houston
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1918
Floyd Huddleston
Youngest
1997
Christian Holmes
Most common field
Music
4 people
What stands out about Leland’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Leland is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 12.1 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 Leland
The three are covered in 21, 10 and 7 languages: Thelma Houston, Wadada Leo Smith and Johnie Cooks.
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Through the years
When Leland’s famous people were born
The 1940s 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.
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Everyone else born in Leland
Of the other 3, 2 are musicians.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Leland 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 (4)
- Thelma Houston: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wadada Leo Smith: Tom Beetz @ http://home.hetnet.nl/~tbeetz/index.html, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Cusic: Mississippi Cyrus, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christian Holmes: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons