#1Music
Britney Spears
born 1981American singer, songwriter, actress and model
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Famous people · McComb
Of the 48 famous people born in McComb, none is better known than Britney Spears
146 languages have an article about Britney Spears. The list has 4.2 times the usual share of musicians, 11 in all. Since 1970, 22 were born, the most of any period. From Hugh L. White to Davion Taylor, the births on the list run from 1881 to 1998.
Born here
48
notable people
Best known
Britney Spears
in 146 Wikipedia languages
First
1881
Hugh L. White
Youngest
1998
Davion Taylor
Most common field
Sports
23 people
What stands out about McComb’s famous people
Known worldwideRead in 146 languages, Britney Spears is known far beyond the town.A town of musiciansMusicians make up 11 of the 48, 4.2 times the usual share.Still making names30 were born since 1950, the youngest in 1998.48 notable peopleWith 48 notable people, the list is longer than most towns’.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in McComb
Two of the three are musicians.
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#2Music
Brandy Norwood
born 1979American singer, songwriter and actress
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#3Film, TV & Stage
Jamie Lynn Spears
born 1991American actress and singer
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Known for
What McComb is known for
McComb has 4.2× the usual share of musicians.
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 McComb’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1970s, at 8.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in McComb
Of the other 45, 23 are athletes.
Carroll Waller
1927–2014American preservationist, writer and former First Lady of the U.S. state of Mississippi
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McComb 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 (16)
- Britney Spears: Jen from USA., CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandy Norwood: WBLS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Lynn Spears: Jenniferh2525 (photo)Lucas (retouching), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bo Diddley: Published by Chess Records. Photographer unknown., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray J: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jarrod Dyson: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corey Dickerson: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackie Butler: Mo_Williams_free_throw.jpg: Jeramey Jannene derivative work: Lpdrew, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Little Freddie King: dsb nola, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charvarius Ward: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glover Quin: Pete Sheffield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Omar Kent Dykes: Tikuko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John H. Marsalis: US Government Printing Office (Washington, DC), publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dalton Jones: City of Boston Archives from West Roxbury, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline Y. Collins: Daniel X. O'Neil from USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ed Manning: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons