#1Famous people · Mount Pleasant
Shelby Rogers tops a list of 14 famous people born in Mount Pleasant
Articles in 28 languages make the American tennis player Shelby Rogers the best known. Ben Hollingsworth, the American soccer player, comes second, with Mary Jackson third. The largest group, 7, was born since 1970. From Joseph Johnson in 1776 to Nick Ciuffo in 1995, the births cover 219 years.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Shelby Rogers
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1776
Joseph Johnson
Youngest
1995
Nick Ciuffo
Most common field
Sports
7 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Mount Pleasant’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mount Pleasant’s famous people were born
The 1990s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Mount Pleasant
Counted by languages, Shelby Rogers is ahead of Ben Hollingsworth and Mary Jackson: 28, 4 and 4.
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What Mount Pleasant is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.4 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 Mount Pleasant
11 more names, born between 1776 and 1995.
Bill Jenkins
1945–2019African American public health researcher and academic
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A chosen home
Also called Mount Pleasant home
Born elsewhere, Annie L. Andrews lived here.
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The best known from each town bordering Mount Pleasant.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Pleasant 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 (7)
- Shelby Rogers: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Jackson: Brandon Eckroth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barry Richardson: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gimel President: Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Johnson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Ciuffo: Ian McCormick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie L. Andrews: Stimpus1, CC0, Wikimedia Commons