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Famous people · Mooresville
Of the 26 famous people born in Mooresville, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the American hurdler Melissa Morrison-Howard, covered in 18 languages. The largest group, 13, was born since 1970. The list comes to 5 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.8 in the typical town in North Carolina. Only 21 of the 344 towns in North Carolina with anyone on record list more.
Born here
26
notable people
Best known
Melissa Morrison-Howard
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1899
Tripp Sigman
Youngest
2000
Max McLaughlin
Most common field
Sports
14 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Mooresville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mooresville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mooresville is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.5 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Mooresville
Counted by languages, Melissa Morrison-Howard is ahead of Selma Burke and J. R. Sweezy: 18, 8 and 7.
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Everyone else born in Mooresville
The rest number 23, with 13 athletes among them.
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A chosen home
Also called Mooresville home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 2 in all, led by Günther Steiner.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mooresville 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)
- J. R. Sweezy: Neal (Neal D), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeffrey Earnhardt: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Hunter Nemechek: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodney Childers: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dana Bumgardner: State of North Carolina, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Brawley: NC House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tim Andrews: Mike cesario, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry W. Blackwell: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Dale Earnhardt: ESRacing, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon McReynolds: Brandon McReynolds, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donnie Wingo: William M. Plate Jr., USAF CIV., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Günther Steiner: Dorian Schuster (XaviYuahanda), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darian Grubb: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons