#1Famous people · Spring Lake
Spring Lake is the birthplace of 3 famous people
The best known is the American football player Harold Landry, with articles in 7 languages. Marvin W. Lucas, the American politician, comes second, with Jim Carter third. Of the towns next door, Fayetteville lists the most: 36, with Brian Tyree Henry first. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 2.6, close to the 1.8 of the typical North Carolina town.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Harold Landry
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1941
Marvin W. Lucas
Youngest
1996
Harold Landry
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Spring Lake
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#2JC#3
Known for
What Spring Lake is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Spring Lake 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 (3)
- Harold Landry: Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marvin W. Lucas: NC House, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Tyree Henry: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons