#1Famous people · Rolling Fork
Rolling Fork counts 10 famous people, first among them Muddy Waters
Articles in 60 languages make the American blues musician Muddy Waters the best known. Behind the leader come Slick Watts and Fielding L. Wright. The list runs from Walter A. Scott, born in 1876, to Larry Smith, born in 1958. Fewer than a quarter of the 260 towns in Mississippi with famous people list more.
Born here
10
notable people
Best known
Muddy Waters
in 60 Wikipedia languages
First
1876
Walter A. Scott
Youngest
1958
Larry Smith
Most common field
Music
3 people
What stands out about Rolling Fork’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Rolling Fork
Ranked by languages covered: Muddy Waters with 60, then Slick Watts with 16 and Fielding L. Wright with 10.
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When Rolling Fork’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1950s, with 3 births.
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What Rolling Fork is known for
Rolling Fork has 5.4× the usual share of musicians.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Rolling Fork 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 (5)
- Muddy Waters: Jean-Luc Ourlin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Slick Watts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fielding L. Wright: National States' Rights Democrats Campaign Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Smith: giantsfan1022, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earlean Collins: State of Illinois, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons