#1Famous people · Murray
24 famous people from Murray, many of them athletes
Nathaniel Coleman, the American sport climber, is the most widely known, written about in 16 languages. Since 1970, 11 were born, the most of any period. From Charles Brown in 1873 to Quinn Vandecasteele in 2002, the births cover 129 years. Fewer than a quarter of the 120 towns in Utah with famous people list more.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Nathaniel Coleman
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1873
Charles Brown
Youngest
2002
Quinn Vandecasteele
Most common field
Sports
14 people
What stands out about Murray’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Murray’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Murray is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.6 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.
The best known
Born in Murray
The three best known are all athletes.
#1
#2Sports
Scot Pollard
born 1975American basketball player and reality television contestant
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Murray
21 more names, born between 1873 and 2002.
Art Laboe
1925–2022American disc jockey, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner
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The neighbour with the most names is West Jordan, at 10.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Murray 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 (14)
- Nathaniel Coleman: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scot Pollard: Original uploader was 8-Hype at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Curtis: Keith Lovett, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stan Watts: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quinn Vandecasteele: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gottlieb Berger: Stundra, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Katie Savannah Steele: Blipgrrl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leonidas Ralph Mecham: TJRC at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Glen Smith: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lane Twitchell: Lane Twitchell., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Fullmer: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Don L. Lind: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adam S. Bennion: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Sharp, Marianne C., ed., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard S. McDonald: Associated Students of Brigham Young University, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons