#1Famous people · North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas is the birthplace of 5 famous people
Articles in 6 languages make the American basketball player Sequoia Holmes the best known. Gerard Lawson is second and Tyrone Thompson third. Most were born since 1970: 4 of them. From Tyrone Thompson in 1967 to Andres Cortes in 1997, the births cover 30 years.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Sequoia Holmes
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1967
Tyrone Thompson
Youngest
1997
Andres Cortes
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about North Las Vegas’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When North Las Vegas’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in North Las Vegas
Two of the three are athletes.
#1GL#2
Sports
Gerard Lawson
born 1985American football cornerback and return specialist
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Known for
What North Las Vegas is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in North Las Vegas
A further 2 follow, born between 1994 and 1997.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is North Las Vegas 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 (2)
- Sequoia Holmes: Sakhalinio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Donnel Pumphrey: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons