#1Famous people · Union City
14 famous people come from Union City, Koko B. Ware the best known
Koko B. Ware, the American professional wrestler, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. The list is still growing: 5 were born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents there are 12.7 on the list, well above the typical Tennessee town’s 2.9. Only 23 of the 236 towns in Tennessee with anyone on record list more.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Koko B. Ware
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
Andrieus A. Jones
Youngest
1996
Jovante Moffatt
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Union City’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Union City’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawBusinessMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Union City
Koko B. Ware leads with articles in 14 languages, ahead of Andrieus A. Jones (9) and Steve Finley (8).
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What Union City is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Union City 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)
- Koko B. Ware: Brandon Oliver, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrieus A. Jones: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Finley: Jessica Merz (jessicafm) from Novato, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Dickerson: Scotty K on Air, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derrick Turnbow: Bajama Barry Mann, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer B. Coffman: Mark Cornelison, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jon Robinson: Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons