#1Famous people · Southern Pines
7 famous people come from Southern Pines, Armelia McQueen the best known
At the top of the list is the American actress Armelia McQueen, covered in 17 languages. Close behind are Toni Lynn Washington and Jamie Morris. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 6 in all. Births span 1937 to 1966, from Toni Lynn Washington to Bobby Collins.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Armelia McQueen
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1937
Toni Lynn Washington
Youngest
1966
Bobby Collins
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Southern Pines’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Southern Pines’s famous people were born
The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Southern Pines
Armelia McQueen, Toni Lynn Washington and Jamie Morris are written about in 17, 7 and 4 languages.
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What Southern Pines is known for
3 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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Everyone else born in Southern Pines
Still to come: 4 more, from 1952 to 1966.
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Around it, Carthage has the most people on record, 5 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Southern Pines 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 (5)
- Armelia McQueen: NBC Photo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Toni Lynn Washington: Tom Beetz @ http://home.hetnet.nl/~tbeetz/index.html, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Morris: University of Michigan. News and Information Services., CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard T. Morgan: NC Legislature, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bennie McRae: Photographer not named (unattributed photographs in the 1962 Michiganensian were taken by students working on the Michiganensian staff), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons