#1Famous people · Monroe
The 5 famous people born in Monroe, led by Mike Tobey
At the top of the list is the Slovenian-American basketball player Mike Tobey, covered in 15 languages. The American banker Gates W. McGarrah ranks second, ahead of John D. Caton. In the early republic, 3 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 residents, below the 3.9 of the typical town in New York.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Mike Tobey
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1812
John D. Caton
Youngest
1994
Mike Tobey
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Monroe’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Monroe’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Politics & LawSportsBusinessNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Monroe
Languages with an article: 15 for Mike Tobey, 3 for Gates W. McGarrah, 2 for John D. Caton.
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What Monroe is known for
2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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The neighbour with the most names is Tuxedo, at 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monroe 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 (5)
- Mike Tobey: Rikster2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gates W. McGarrah: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John D. Caton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walt Weiss: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Terry Jackson: Everts & Ensign, (Philadelphia), publishers., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons