#1Famous people · Pearl
4 famous people call Pearl their birthplace
Eric Washington, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. Second and third on the list are Justin Jenkins and Ray Rogers. Born in 1931, Ray Rogers is the first name on record, and Justin Jenkins, born in 1980, the most recent. The list comes to 1.4 for every 10,000 residents, below the 14.3 of the typical town in Mississippi.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Eric Washington
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1931
Ray Rogers
Youngest
1980
Justin Jenkins
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Pearl
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Pearl’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Pearl is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
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 Pearl
1 more, best known first.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Jackson: 60.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Pearl 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)
- Eric Washington: Tuomas Vitikainen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eudora Welty: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Mapp: Ryan Byrne, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons