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Famous people · Collierville
Athletes stand out among the 6 famous people born in Collierville
Articles in 18 languages make the American basketball player Nikki McCray the best known. The list comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 residents, below the 2.9 of the typical town in Tennessee. 3 of them were born since 1970. Hunter Bradley, born in 1994, is the youngest, and Marv Throneberry, born in 1933, the first on record.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Nikki McCray
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1933
Marv Throneberry
Youngest
1994
Hunter Bradley
Most common field
Sports
5 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Collierville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Collierville is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.3 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Collierville’s famous people were born
The 1930s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Collierville
Nikki McCray leads with articles in 18 languages, ahead of Major Owens (12) and Morgan Cox (9).
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Collierville
3 more names, born between 1933 and 1994.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Collierville home
One more notable person made the town home: Lucius E. Burch, Jr..
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Germantown’s, with 11.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Collierville 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 (6)
- Major Owens: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Cox: Thibous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marv Throneberry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hunter Bradley: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucius E. Burch, Jr.: Lcw7457, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivia Holt: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons