#1Science & Medicine
Edward Snowden
born 1983American whistleblower and former NSA contractor
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Famous people · Elizabeth City
Edward Snowden leads the 23 famous people born in Elizabeth City
Articles about Edward Snowden exist in 117 languages. John Pool is second and Lee J. Carter third. Between 1920 and 1969, 11 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 12.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.8 in the typical town in North Carolina.
Born here
23
notable people
Best known
Edward Snowden
in 117 Wikipedia languages
First
1821
George Washington Brooks
Youngest
1993
Sha’Keela Saunders
Most common field
Politics & Law
6 people
What stands out about Elizabeth City’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Elizabeth City
Two of the three are leaders.
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When Elizabeth City’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1960s, with 4 people born in that decade.
Politics & LawSportsNotableScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsFaithFilm, TV & StageBusinessMusicMilitary
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Known for
What Elizabeth City is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 6 people.
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Everyone else born in Elizabeth City
20 more, best known first.
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born 1945American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elizabeth City 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 (13)
- Edward Snowden: Free Software Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Pool: The original uploader was Kevin Saff at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lee J. Carter: Mark Hanzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Dear: Mahler~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenny Williams: Avi Ohayon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Sanders: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sha’Keela Saunders: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John C. B. Ehringhaus: Contemporary photograph, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wright Massey: Fanboy01 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clinton L. Cobb: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clara Hale: Z. Hale (paternal granddaughter), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George Washington Brooks: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Warren Davis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons