#1Famous people · Raleigh
4 famous people call Raleigh their birthplace
The best known is the American football player Donte Moncrief, with articles in 6 languages. Second place goes to the player of American and Canadian football Bobby Keyes, third to Deolus W. Husband. The oldest name on the list belongs to Deolus W. Husband, born in 1959, the newest to Donte Moncrief, born in 1993. No town in Mississippi lists more than Hattiesburg, with 75.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Donte Moncrief
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1959
Deolus W. Husband
Youngest
1993
Donte Moncrief
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Raleigh
Donte Moncrief, Bobby Keyes and Deolus W. Husband are written about in 6, 2 and 2 languages.
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Through the years
When Raleigh’s famous people were born
Most were born since 1970 (3); the busiest decade is the 1990s (2).
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Raleigh is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 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 Raleigh
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Raleigh 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 (1)
- Donte Moncrief: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons