#1Science & Medicine
Thomas Marshburn
born 1960American physician and NASA astronaut
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Famous people · Statesville
Writers and artists stand out among the 25 famous people born in Statesville
At the top of the list is the American physician and NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn, covered in 31 languages. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 14 in all. 6 were born in 1970 or later. The list comes to 8.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.8 in the typical town in North Carolina.
Born here
25
notable people
Best known
Thomas Marshburn
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1866
Richmond P. Davis
Youngest
1992
Jared Watts
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Statesville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Statesville is known for
Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 2 times as common.
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 Statesville’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
SportsWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineNotableMusicPolitics & LawFaithMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Statesville
Thomas Marshburn has articles in 31 languages, Louis Clarke in 21 and Chris Cole in 15.
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22 more names, born between 1866 and 1992.
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Troutman, at 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Statesville 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)
- Thomas Marshburn: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Clarke: The photographer who took the photo for the newspaper, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Cole: Wouter Engler, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blake Crouch: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jared Watts: Ray Terrill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Moose: Xsmith, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Chapman: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Henderson: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Lauderdale: cp_thornton from Cleveland, Ohio, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons