#1Famous people · Oakboro
3 famous people call Oakboro their birthplace
Articles in 5 languages make the American football defensive end B. J. Hill the best known. Quan Sturdivant, the American football player, comes second, with Rod Broadway third. Per head, the list is long: 11.2 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in North Carolina has 1.8. Over 40 years of births, the list goes from Rod Broadway (1955) to B. J. Hill (1995).
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
B. J. Hill
in 5 Wikipedia languages
First
1955
Rod Broadway
Youngest
1995
B. J. Hill
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Oakboro
The three best known are all athletes.
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Rod Broadway
born 1955American college football player, college football coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oakboro 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 (2)
- B. J. Hill: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rod Broadway: United States Air Force Reserve, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons