#1Famous people · South Boston
12 famous people from South Boston, many of them athletes
Articles in 18 languages make the American soccer player and coach Greg Vanney the best known. Ward Burton, the American racing driver, comes second, with Michael Tucker third. Births since 1970 account for 4 of the names. 6 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Greg Vanney
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1895
Branch Russell
Youngest
1987
Jeremy Jeffress
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about South Boston’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When South Boston’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What South Boston is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, 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.
The best known
Born in South Boston
Ranked by languages covered: Greg Vanney with 18, then Ward Burton with 8 and Michael Tucker with 7.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is South Boston 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 (4)
- Greg Vanney: Mike Dixon Sports, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ward Burton: Kim Phillips, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Calvin Duncan: Johnny Nomega, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Jeffress: shgmom56 on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons