#1Film, TV & Stage
Larry Semon
1889–1928American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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Famous people · West Point
Most of the 27 famous people born in West Point came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Larry Semon is the best known, with articles in 27 languages. Born in 1874, Wirt Bowman is the first name on record, and Juan Davis, Jr., born in 1996, the most recent. Only 17 of the 261 towns in Mississippi with anyone on record list more. The list comes to 27.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 14.3 in the typical town in Mississippi.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
Larry Semon
in 27 Wikipedia languages
First
1874
Wirt Bowman
Youngest
1996
Juan Davis, Jr.
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about West Point’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When West Point’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1940s, with 5 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in West Point
Ranked by languages covered: Larry Semon with 27, then Barrett Strong with 19 and Floyd Heard with 10.
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What West Point is known for
Set against the usual town, soldiers and sailors come out 3.1 times as common.
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The other 24 span the years 1874 to 1996.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is West Point 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 (9)
- Larry Semon: Albert Witzel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Barrett Strong: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Zora Young: Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul V. Hester: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bubba Phillips: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl T. Ricks: U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John H. Bryan: Rob C. Croes (Anefo), CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rogers Stevens: Goongunther, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reuben D. Jones: Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command - US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons