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Famous people · Martinsville
24 famous people were born in Martinsville, most of them between 1920 and 1969
Most widely known is Mike Neill, the baseball player, with articles in 7 languages. The American baseball player and coach Randy Hundley ranks second, ahead of Charles Shufford. Births since 1970 account for 7 of the names. Abram Penn Staples (1885) and Tony Gravely (1991) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Mike Neill
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1885
Abram Penn Staples
Youngest
1991
Tony Gravely
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Martinsville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Martinsville’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMusicNotableWriting & ArtsFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Martinsville
The three best known are all athletes.
#2CS#3
Known for
What Martinsville is known for
Set against the usual town, musicians come out 2.3 times as common.
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 Martinsville
21 more, from 1885 to 1991.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Martinsville 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)
- Randy Hundley: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscoe Reynolds: PresidentCardinal76, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abram Penn Staples: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons