#1Military
Nathan Bedford Forrest
1821–1877Confederate States Army general
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Famous people · Chapel Hill
5 famous people come from Chapel Hill, Nathan Bedford Forrest the best known
At the top of the list is the confederate States Army general Nathan Bedford Forrest, covered in 37 languages. The next two names are Grady Martin and Mike Minor. Over 166 years of births, the list goes from Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821) to Mike Minor (1987). More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Nathan Bedford Forrest
in 37 Wikipedia languages
First
1821
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Youngest
1987
Mike Minor
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
What stands out about Chapel Hill’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Chapel Hill’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1820s than in any other decade: 1.
Politics & LawMilitaryMusicSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Chapel Hill
Counted by languages, Nathan Bedford Forrest is ahead of Grady Martin and Mike Minor: 37, 8 and 7.
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What Chapel Hill is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Chapel Hill
A further 2 follow, born between 1835 and 1874.
Richard Warner
1835–1915Member of the United States House of Representatives
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chapel Hill 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 (4)
- Nathan Bedford Forrest: Likely "T. J. Selby, Corinth, Mississippi", Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mike Minor: LWYang on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Warner: Phineas Camp Headley, author. S. S. Scranton & Company (Hartford, CT), publisher. Via Internet Archive., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgar Bright Wilson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons