#1Famous people · Covington
16 famous people were born in Covington, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Bimbo Coles, the American basketball player, with articles in 17 languages. The list comes to 28.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.1 in the typical town in Virginia. Only 34 of the 269 towns in Virginia with anyone on record list more. More are athletes than anything else, 7 in all.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Bimbo Coles
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1834
William R. Terrill
Youngest
1968
Bimbo Coles
Most common field
Sports
7 people
The best known
Born in Covington
Two of the three are leaders.
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#3Through the years
When Covington’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryScience & MedicineNotableFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Covington is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 7 people.
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 Covington
Another 13, 6 of them athletes.
Addams Stratton McAllister
1875–1946American electrical engineer and editor
Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
John Doyle
born 1942Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Covington 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 (8)
- Bimbo Coles: PO2 Wendy Hamme, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chapman Revercomb: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William W. Rucker: National Photo Company, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Addams Stratton McAllister: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary L. Miller: United States Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Lemon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William R. Terrill: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Arritt: Sarritt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons