#1Famous people · Kenedy
6 famous people were born in Kenedy, more of them athletes than in most towns
At the top of the list is the American baseball player Jim Busby, covered in 3 languages. Behind the leader come Carl Baugh and Mike Whitwell. More than half were born between 1920 and 1969, 6 in all. Jim Busby (1927) and Mike Whitwell (1958) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Jim Busby
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1927
Jim Busby
Youngest
1958
Mike Whitwell
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Kenedy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Kenedy is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Kenedy
Two of the three are athletes.
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Through the years
When Kenedy’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1930s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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Everyone else born in Kenedy
3 more, from 1931 to 1944.
Nelson Stokley
1944–2010American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Kenedy 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 (1)
- Jim Busby: Bowman Gum, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons