#1Famous people · Cary
18 famous people from Cary, many of them athletes
The best known is the American swimmer Claire Curzan, with articles in 17 languages. Justin Ress is second and Kendall Fletcher third. More than half were born since 1970, 13 in all. The oldest name on the list belongs to Walter Hines Page, born in 1855, the newest to Claire Curzan, born in 2004.
Born here
18
notable people
Best known
Claire Curzan
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
Walter Hines Page
Youngest
2004
Claire Curzan
Most common field
Sports
12 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Cary’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cary’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 8.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cary is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.
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 Cary
The three best known are all athletes.
#1JR#2
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Cary
Of the other 15, 9 are athletes.
Jim Johnson
1912–2004American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
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A chosen home
Also called Cary home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 3 in all, led by Marshall Brain.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Raleigh’s, with 32.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cary 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 (11)
- Claire Curzan: Tanis Coralee Leonhardi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kendall Fletcher: Johnmaxmena2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Hines Page: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Maye: Hayden Schiff, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anoop Desai: Palace Resorts, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert N. Page: Pinehurstace, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gale Adcock: BlueRidge1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Sall: Daniel Valente, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Johnson: Mathew Brady, Retouched by Mmxx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Brooks: Copyright owned by SD&M (www.sdm.de), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- C. J. Leslie: Verse Photography, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons