#1Famous people · Picayune
12 famous people were born in Picayune, more of them athletes than in most towns
Most widely known is Cailey Fleming, the American actress, with articles in 21 languages. Second place goes to the American basketball player Jonathan Bender, third to Freddie Little. More than half were born since 1970, 8 in all. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 10.1, close to the 14.3 of the typical Mississippi town.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Cailey Fleming
in 21 Wikipedia languages
First
1906
Tommie Dukes
Youngest
2007
Cailey Fleming
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Picayune’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Picayune’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 3 births.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Picayune is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.
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 Picayune
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Picayune
9 more names, born between 1906 and 1993.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Picayune 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 (6)
- Cailey Fleming: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Freddie Little: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rhyne Hughes: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Fortenberry: Dennis Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerone Davison: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Braxton Lee: Fort Drum & 10th Mountain Division (LI), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons