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Joe Gibbs
born 1940American race team owner and football coach
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Famous people · Mocksville
From 1829 to 1940, Mocksville was the birthplace of 6 famous people
Joe Gibbs, the American race team owner and football coach, is the most widely known, written about in 15 languages. The next two names are Thomas Ferebee and William Emerson Brock. The largest group, 3, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Per head, the list is long: 9.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in North Carolina has 1.8.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Joe Gibbs
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1829
Hinton Rowan Helper
Youngest
1940
Joe Gibbs
Most common field
Sports
3 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Mocksville
Counted by languages, Joe Gibbs is ahead of Thomas Ferebee and William Emerson Brock: 15, 11 and 8.
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When Mocksville’s famous people were born
The 1940s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Mocksville is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.4 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 Mocksville
3 more, from 1829 to 1923.
Wade Walker
1923–2013American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
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Everett Booe
1891–1969American professional baseball player; college basketball and football coach
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A chosen home
Also called Mocksville home
Born elsewhere, Andrew C. Brock lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mocksville 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)
- Joe Gibbs: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Ferebee: Ted H. Lambert, father of uploader was en:User:PaulLambert at en.wikipedia; altered by en:User:Pd THOR at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- William Emerson Brock: A. W. Judd, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hinton Rowan Helper: A. H. Ritchie, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wade Walker: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett Booe: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons