#1Famous people · Southaven
3 famous people come from Southaven, Terence Davis the best known
Most widely known is Terence Davis, the American basketball player, with articles in 17 languages. Behind the leader come Blaze Jordan and Reagan Rust. The nearest list is next door in Memphis: 30 names, starting with Morgan Freeman. The list comes to 0.5 for every 10,000 residents, below the 14.3 of the typical town in Mississippi.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Terence Davis
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1997
Terence Davis
Youngest
2002
Blaze Jordan
Most common field
Sports
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Southaven
The three are covered in 17, 3 and 2 languages: Terence Davis, Blaze Jordan and Reagan Rust.
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#3A chosen home
Also called Southaven home
One more notable person made the town home: John Grisham.
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Of the towns nearby, Memphis lists the most people: 30.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Southaven 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 (4)
- Terence Davis: GamecockCentral, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reagan Rust: johnmac612, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Freeman: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Big Walter Horton: David Goodwin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons