#1Film, TV & Stage
Jaime Pressly
born 1977American actress, model, and producer
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Famous people · Kinston
Of the 39 famous people born in Kinston, an unusual share are musicians
Jaime Pressly leads the list, covered in 42 languages. 20 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Richard C. Gatlin, born in 1809, the newest to Brandon Ingram, born in 1997. The list comes to 20 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.8 in the typical town in North Carolina.
Born here
39
notable people
Best known
Jaime Pressly
in 42 Wikipedia languages
First
1809
Richard C. Gatlin
Youngest
1997
Brandon Ingram
Most common field
Sports
21 people
What stands out about Kinston’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Kinston is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 3.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Kinston’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1950s than in any other decade: 7.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Kinston
Jaime Pressly has articles in 42 languages, Brandon Ingram in 31 and Jerry Stackhouse in 26.
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Everyone else born in Kinston
Another 36, the earliest born in 1809.
Tyrone Willingham
born 1953American college football player, college football coach, professional football player, quarterback
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kinston 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 (15)
- Jaime Pressly: lukeford.net, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Ingram: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry Stackhouse: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maceo Parker: xflickrx, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cedric Maxwell: Steve Lipofsky www.Basketballphoto.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dwight Clark: Troy Kirby, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carter Capps: LiAnna Davis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Hatcher: Scott U, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Quinton Coples: BellaMeghan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Snepp: Neon Tommy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard C. Gatlin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- BJ Casey: Mayic1992, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie White: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyrone Willingham: Flickr user Billy A, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Suggs: American Tobacco Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons