#1Film, TV & Stage
Andy Griffith
1926–2012American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer
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Famous people · Mount Airy
Most of the 19 famous people born in Mount Airy came into the world between 1920 and 1969
Andy Griffith leads the list, covered in 46 languages. Close behind are Donna Fargo and Alex Sink. The first birth on record is Katharine Smith Reynolds’, in 1880, and the last Ethan Evans’, in 2001. 3 of them were born since 1970.
Born here
19
notable people
Best known
Andy Griffith
in 46 Wikipedia languages
First
1880
Katharine Smith Reynolds
Youngest
2001
Ethan Evans
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Mount Airy’s famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Mount Airy
Counted by languages, Andy Griffith is ahead of Donna Fargo and Alex Sink: 46, 15 and 7.
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When Mount Airy’s famous people were born
The 1960s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What Mount Airy is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.3 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 Mount Airy
16 more, 9 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Airy 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 (9)
- Andy Griffith: CBS Television, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna Fargo: Gene Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alex Sink: State of Florida, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frank Beamer: Roger Gupta, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Stevens: NC General Assembly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Callahan: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George M. Holmes: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katharine Smith Reynolds: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luke Lambert: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons