#1Military
John R. Kane
1907–1996United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient
4 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Famous people · McGregor
6 famous people from McGregor, many of them athletes
John R. Kane is the best known, with articles in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Pug Cavet and Sarge Connally. The largest group, 5, was born in the age of mills and railroads. Over 95 years of births, the list goes from Pug Cavet (1889) to Jeff Lebby (1984).
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
John R. Kane
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1889
Pug Cavet
Youngest
1984
Jeff Lebby
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about McGregor’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What McGregor is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.9 times as common.
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 McGregor
By how many languages cover them, John R. Kane comes first (4), then Pug Cavet (3) and Sarge Connally (3).
#1
#2
#3Through the years
When McGregor’s famous people were born
The 1900s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsMilitaryPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in McGregor
3 more, from 1891 to 1984.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called McGregor home
Born elsewhere, Kip Averitt lived here.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from McGregor?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who McGregor’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Waco has the longest list next door: 41.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is McGregor 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)
- John R. Kane: US DoD, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pug Cavet: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarge Connally: Goudey, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Lebby: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Love Hewitt: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons