#1Politics & Law
Andrew Johnson
1808–1875President of the United States from 1865 to 1869
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Famous people · Raleigh
32 famous people from Raleigh, many of them performers
Best known of all is Andrew Johnson, written about in 145 languages. The next two names are Evan Rachel Wood and Michael C. Hall. 20 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. The earliest on the list is Andrew Johnson, born in 1808, and the youngest Randolph Ross, born in 2001.
Born here
32
notable people
Best known
Andrew Johnson
in 145 Wikipedia languages
First
1808
Andrew Johnson
Youngest
2001
Randolph Ross
Most common field
Sports
14 people
Also called it home
5
notable residents
What stands out about Raleigh’s famous people
Known worldwideAndrew Johnson has a Wikipedia article in 145 languages.A town of performersAmong the 32 people born here, 12 are performers: 4 times the usual share.Still making names26 were born since 1950, the youngest in 2001.A chosen home5 more notable people chose to live here, Nick Gwiazdowski among them.
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in Raleigh
Ranked by languages covered: Andrew Johnson with 145, then Evan Rachel Wood with 61 and Michael C. Hall with 55.
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What Raleigh is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is performers, at 4 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 Raleigh’s famous people were born
The 1990s alone account for 10 of the births charted here.
SportsFilm, TV & StageMusicNotablePolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Raleigh
The other 29 span the years 1911 to 2001.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Raleigh home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Raleigh, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
5 towns around it have someone on record.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Raleigh 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 (11)
- Andrew Johnson: Mathew Brady, Retouched by Mmxx, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Rachel Wood: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael C. Hall: Kristin Dos Santos, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel McFadden: Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clay Aiken: Judy Butler Flickr user mystuff1, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peyton Reed: Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV from Culver City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John Wall: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fred Brooks: Copyright owned by SD&M (www.sdm.de), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claire Curzan: Tanis Coralee Leonhardi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dexter Lawrence: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scotty McCreery: Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons