#1Famous people · Wallace
Athletes stand out among the 7 famous people born in Wallace
Most widely known is M. L. Carr, the American basketball player and coach, with articles in 14 languages. Fewer than a quarter of the 336 towns in North Carolina with famous people list more. For every 10,000 residents there are 20.2 on the list, well above the typical North Carolina town’s 1.8. The first birth on record is Henry Boney’s, in 1903, and the last Javonte Williams’, in 2000.
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
M. L. Carr
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1903
Henry Boney
Youngest
2000
Javonte Williams
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Wallace’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Wallace is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Wallace
The three best known are all athletes.
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#2JS#3
Sports
James R. Jordan, Sr.
1936–1993Murder victim, father of basketball player Michael Jordan
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Through the years
When Wallace’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Wallace
4 more, from 1903 to 1937.
Charles S. Murphy
1909–1983White House Counsel during the Truman Administration 1951–1953
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Wallace 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)
- M. L. Carr: Mwinog2777, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Javonte Williams: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles S. Murphy: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons