#1Famous people · Groveton
4 famous people were born in Groveton
At the top of the list is the American football player Lane Johnson, covered in 11 languages. Close behind are Lester Williams and Topper Rigney. Born in 1897, Topper Rigney is the first name on record, and Lane Johnson, born in 1990, the most recent. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Lane Johnson
in 11 Wikipedia languages
First
1897
Topper Rigney
Youngest
1990
Lane Johnson
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Groveton
Two of the three are athletes.
#1LW#2
Music
Lester Williams
1920–1990American Texas blues guitarist and singer
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#3Through the years
When Groveton’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 1.
SportsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Groveton is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Groveton
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Groveton 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 (2)
- Lane Johnson: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Topper Rigney: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons