#1Famous people · Monroe
5 famous people come from Monroe, Mike Tobey the best known
Most widely known is Mike Tobey, the Slovenian-American basketball player, with articles in 15 languages. Close behind are Gates W. McGarrah and John D. Caton. More than half were born in the early republic, 3 in all. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 5.3, close to the 3.9 of the typical New York town.
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
The 1990s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.
Politics & LawSportsBusinessNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Monroe
The three are covered in 15, 3 and 2 languages: Mike Tobey, Gates W. McGarrah and 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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Everyone else born in Monroe
2 more, from 1825 to 1844.
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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 (3)
- Mike Tobey: Rikster2, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gates W. McGarrah: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John D. Caton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons