#1Politics & Law
Melanie Stansbury
born 1979United States Representative from New Mexico since 2021
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Famous people · Farmington
11 famous people were born in Farmington, most of them since 1970
Melanie Stansbury leads the list, covered in 17 languages. Born in 1941, Jennie R. Joe is the first name on record, and Chevel Shepherd, born in 2002, the most recent. Half or more of the towns in New Mexico have no one on record, but this one has 2.4 for every 10,000 residents. Only 12 of the 95 towns in New Mexico with anyone on record list more.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Melanie Stansbury
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1941
Jennie R. Joe
Youngest
2002
Chevel Shepherd
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
What stands out about Farmington’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Farmington’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 4 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Farmington
Melanie Stansbury leads with articles in 17 languages, ahead of Chevel Shepherd (6) and Mike Dunn (6).
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Mike Dunn
born 1985American baseball player for The Colorado Rockies
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Known for
What Farmington is known for
Farmington has 1.3× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Farmington
8 more, from 1941 to 1986.
Jennie R. Joe
born 1941Navajo nurse, academic, and medical anthropologist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Farmington 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 (4)
- Melanie Stansbury: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chevel Shepherd: Forest Service, USDA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Dunn: Sideonecincy on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenneth L. Worley: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons