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Famous people · Ahoskie
11 famous people were born in Ahoskie, more of them athletes than in most towns
Articles in 15 languages make the American actress Ella Mitchell the best known. 5 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Born in 1879, Robert L. Vann is the first name on record, and Kentwan Balmer, born in 1986, the most recent. The list comes to 23.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.8 in the typical town in North Carolina.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Ella Mitchell
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1879
Robert L. Vann
Youngest
1986
Kentwan Balmer
Most common field
Sports
8 people
What stands out about Ahoskie’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ahoskie’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ahoskie is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.1 times as common.
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 Ahoskie
Ella Mitchell, Amber O'Neal and Eric Downing are written about in 15, 10 and 4 languages.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Ahoskie
8 more names, born between 1879 and 1986.
Robert L. Vann
1879–1940African American lawyer, politician, and newspaper publisher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ahoskie 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)
- Amber O'Neal: Hypnotica Studios from Atlantic City . New Jersey, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert L. Vann: Charles Alston, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dick Newsome: Boston Red Sox, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kentwan Balmer: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons