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Famous people · Cherryville
Cherryville is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Jack Tatum, the American football player, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. The American baseball player and coach Tony Cloninger ranks second, ahead of Trentavis Friday. Born in 1940, Tony Cloninger is the first name on record, and Trentavis Friday, born in 1995, the most recent. Per head, the list is long: 8 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in North Carolina has 1.8.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Jack Tatum
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1940
Tony Cloninger
Youngest
1995
Trentavis Friday
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Cherryville
Jack Tatum, Tony Cloninger and Trentavis Friday are written about in 7, 5 and 4 languages.
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Through the years
When Cherryville’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1940s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Cherryville is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Cherryville
Of the other 2, 2 are athletes.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Cherryville home
Born elsewhere, Heather Rhyne lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cherryville 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 (3)
- Tony Cloninger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Crisson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Heather Rhyne: North Carolina General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons