JH#1
Sports
Jerry Hines
1903–1963American football and basketball player, coach, college athletics administrator
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Photo: Original uploader was Camerafiend at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Mesilla
3 famous people were born in Mesilla
Jerry Hines leads the list, covered in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are Micaela Lara Cadena and Mike C. Frietze Jr.. Of the bordering towns, Las Cruces has the longest list: 36, with Anwar al-Awlaki at the top. From Jerry Hines to Mike C. Frietze Jr., the births on the list run from 1903 to 1927.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Jerry Hines
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1903
Jerry Hines
Youngest
1927
Mike C. Frietze Jr.
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Mesilla
Two of the three are leaders.
MC#2
MJ#3
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What Mesilla is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.
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Of the towns around it, Las Cruces has the most on record: 36.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mesilla 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 (1)
- Anwar al-Awlaki: Awlaki_1008.JPG: Muhammad ud-Deen derivative work: Greg A L, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons