#1Famous people · Lucedale
9 famous people from Lucedale, many of them athletes
The best known is the American basketball player Ruthie Bolton, with articles in 19 languages. The American basketball player Janice Lawrence Braxton ranks second, ahead of Carolyn Haines. Most were born since 1970: 5 of them. Born in 1953, Carolyn Haines is the first name on record, and McKinnley Jackson, born in 2001, the most recent.
Born here
9
notable people
Best known
Ruthie Bolton
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1953
Carolyn Haines
Youngest
2001
McKinnley Jackson
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Lucedale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lucedale’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 3 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lucedale is known for
Lucedale has 2.2× the usual share of athletes.
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 Lucedale
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Lucedale
The other 6 span the years 1960 to 2001.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lucedale 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)
- Ruthie Bolton: Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carolyn Haines: RBChesterton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Moulds: David_Carr_handoff_to_Samkon_Gado.jpg: Rick Kimpel, Jr derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons