#1Famous people · Easley
Athletes stand out among the 11 famous people born in Easley
At the top of the list is the musical artist Shannon Forrest, covered in 7 languages. Kyle Fisher, the American soccer player, comes second, with Stanley Morgan third. Since 1970, 7 were born, the most of any period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Tilghman Howard, born in 1797, the newest to Kyle Benjamin, born in 1997.
Born here
11
notable people
Best known
Shannon Forrest
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1797
Tilghman Howard
Youngest
1997
Kyle Benjamin
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Easley’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Easley’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1970s, with 3 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Easley is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.8 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Easley
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1KF#2
SM#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Easley
Another 8, 5 of them athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Easley 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)
- Shannon Forrest: RCraig09, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wes Knight: Soccersue525, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tilghman Howard: T. D. Booth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal Collins: Capt. William Duvall, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Benjamin: Zach Catanzareti, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons