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Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Famous people · Olive Branch
7 famous people from Olive Branch, many of them athletes
The best known is the American football player Leon Gray, with articles in 4 languages. Jerrick Reed II and Preston Shannon follow. Most were born between 1920 and 1969: 5 of them. The first birth on record is Dalton F. Warren’s, in 1894, and the last Jerrick Reed II’s, in 2000.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Leon Gray
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1894
Dalton F. Warren
Youngest
2000
Jerrick Reed II
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Olive Branch’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Olive Branch’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsPolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Olive Branch is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.6 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 Olive Branch
The three are covered in 4, 3 and 3 languages: Leon Gray, Jerrick Reed II and Preston Shannon.
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Music
Preston Shannon
1947–2018American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Olive Branch
4 more names, born between 1894 and 1964.
Dalton F. Warren
1894–1942Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
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A chosen home
Also called Olive Branch home
One more notable person made the town home: David Parker.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Memphis has the most on record, with 30.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Olive Branch 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)
- David Parker: Office of U.S. Representative Trent Kelly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Freeman: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Terence Davis: GamecockCentral, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons