#1Famous people · Carthage
13 famous people were born in Carthage from 1844 to 1983
The best known is the filmmaker Derek Wayne Johnson, with articles in 6 languages. Derek Wayne Johnson was born in 1983. The largest group, 6, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list is still growing: 3 were born since 1970.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Derek Wayne Johnson
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1844
Milton M. Holland
Youngest
1983
Michael Montgomery
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Carthage’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Carthage’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1930s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsBusinessPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMilitaryScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Carthage
Two of the three are athletes.
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#3Sports
Michael Montgomery
born 1983Player of American and Canadian football
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What Carthage is known for
6 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Carthage 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)
- Derek Wayne Johnson: Lethalweapon01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Montgomery: John H. Kim; cropped by User:Blueag9, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Johnson Dupree: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Milton M. Holland: E. S. Walker; Columbus, Ohio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howell Appling, Jr.: Oregon Secretary of State, distributed by Marion County, Oregon to voters without a copyright notice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons