#1Famous people · Marshall
From 1817 to 2000, Marshall was the birthplace of 4 famous people
The best known is the American football running back Blake Corum, with articles in 4 languages. Behind the leader come Harvey Russell and Richard Henry Carter. Blake Corum was born in 2000. Per head, the list is long: 12.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Virginia has 0.1.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Blake Corum
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1817
Richard Henry Carter
Youngest
2000
Blake Corum
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Marshall
Two of the three are athletes.
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Politics & Law
Richard Henry Carter
1817–1880Virginia politician and American Civil War officer
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Through the years
When Marshall’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 2000s, at 1.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Marshall is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 2.
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1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Marshall 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)
- Blake Corum: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas E. Glascock: Foster-Dementi Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons