#1Famous people · Mount Pleasant
Of the 22 famous people born in Mount Pleasant, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the American football player Kendall Wright, covered in 6 languages. Second and third on the list are Maury Buford and Norm Duke. 10 of them were born since 1970. Over 189 years of births, the list goes from Theodore P. Greene (1809) to Bryce Miller (1998).
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Kendall Wright
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1809
Theodore P. Greene
Youngest
1998
Bryce Miller
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Mount Pleasant’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Mount Pleasant’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 5.
SportsWriting & ArtsMilitaryNotablePolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Mount Pleasant is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.9 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 Mount Pleasant
First, Kendall Wright (6 languages), then Maury Buford (5) and Norm Duke (5).
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Everyone else born in Mount Pleasant
The rest number 19, with 13 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Mount Pleasant 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 (3)
- Kendall Wright: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norm Duke: U.S. Air Force Photo/Alan Boedeker, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Sleigh: American Academy in Berlin, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons