#1Famous people · Prosper
Prosper is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Most widely known is Davis Webb, the American football player and coach, with articles in 6 languages. The racecar driver Chris Buescher ranks second, ahead of Lorene Rogers. Lorene Rogers (1914) and Blake Pope (2003) mark the two ends of the list. Athletes make up the largest group, 3 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Davis Webb
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1914
Lorene Rogers
Youngest
2003
Blake Pope
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Prosper
The three are covered in 6, 5 and 5 languages: Davis Webb, Chris Buescher and Lorene Rogers.
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Through the years
When Prosper’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 2 births.
SportsNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Prosper is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
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 Prosper
1 more, best known first.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, McKinney has the most on record, with 29.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Prosper 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)
- Davis Webb: Wordbuilder, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Buescher: TaurusEmerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons