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Famous people · Mount Olive

6 famous people come from Mount Olive, Steve McNair the best known

The best known is the American football player Steve McNair, with articles in 15 languages. Second and third on the list are Fred McNair and W. Ralph Eubanks. Between 1920 and 1969, 3 were born, the most of any period. Over 83 years of births, the list goes from Howard Easterling (1911) to Hannah Roberts (1994).

#1 best knownSteve McNairSports · 1973–2009
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Steve McNair
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1911
Howard Easterling
Youngest
1994
Hannah Roberts
Most common field
Sports
3 people

What stands out about Mount Olive’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Mount Olive’s famous people were born

Births peak in the 1970s, with 1 people born in that decade.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Steve McNair
SportsNotableWriting & Arts

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Mount Olive

Athletes take two of the three places.

Steve McNair#1
Sports

Steve McNair

1973–2009

American football player

15 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
FM#2
Sports

Fred McNair

born 1968

American football player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
WE#3
Writing & Arts

W. Ralph Eubanks

born 1957

Writer and professor

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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What Mount Olive is known for

Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.

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 Mount Olive

Another 3, the earliest born in 1911.

HR

Hannah Roberts

born 1994

American beauty pageant titleholder from Mount Olive, Mississippi

HE

Howard Easterling

1911–1993

American baseball player; Negro League baseball player for the Homestead Grays

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Olive 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.

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