#1Famous people · Garner
The 5 famous people born in Garner, led by Scotty McCreery
Scotty McCreery, the American country music singer, is the most widely known, written about in 23 languages. Behind the leader come Nyheim Hines and James Mays. Most were born since 1970: 4 of them. More are athletes than anything else, 4 in all.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Scotty McCreery
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
Tom Gulley
Youngest
1999
Manny Perez
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Garner’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Garner’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Garner
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2JM#3
Known for
What Garner is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, 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.
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Everyone else born in Garner
Here are 2 more, born from 1899 to 1999.
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Close by, the fullest list is Raleigh’s, at 32 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Garner 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 (6)
- Scotty McCreery: Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nyheim Hines: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manny Perez: Connortrace, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Gulley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Johnson: Mathew Brady, Retouched by Mmxx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Conor Donovan: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons