#1Famous people · Catawba
6 famous people from Catawba, many of them athletes
Articles in 9 languages make the American racecar driver Bobby Isaac the best known. The American baseball player Hunter Harvey ranks second, ahead of Mitchell S. Setzer. The largest group, 3, was born since 1970. The earliest on the list is Vernon L. Lowrance, born in 1909, and the youngest Hunter Harvey, born in 1994.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Bobby Isaac
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1909
Vernon L. Lowrance
Youngest
1994
Hunter Harvey
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Catawba’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Catawba’s famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Catawba 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 Catawba
Ranked by languages covered: Bobby Isaac with 9, then Hunter Harvey with 6 and Mitchell S. Setzer with 4.
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Everyone else born in Catawba
3 more, from 1909 to 1985.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Catawba 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)
- Bobby Isaac: Mike Kalasnik, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hunter Harvey: Bryan Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitchell S. Setzer: NC House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Harper: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vernon L. Lowrance: U.S. Navy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons