#1Famous people · Monroe
Benson Boone tops a list of 6 famous people born in Monroe
Benson Boone, the American singer, is the most widely known, written about in 34 languages. The American artist Chuck Close ranks second, ahead of Ben Dragavon. The list is still growing: 2 were born since 1970. The largest group, 4, was born between 1920 and 1969.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Benson Boone
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1924
Eric Holmback
Youngest
2002
Benson Boone
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
What stands out about Monroe’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Monroe’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Writing & ArtsSportsMusicPolitics & Law
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The best known
Born in Monroe
Benson Boone, Chuck Close and Ben Dragavon are written about in 34, 33 and 4 languages.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Monroe 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 (6)
- Benson Boone: Warner Records, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuck Close: Sotolux, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Dragavon: Mattyc04, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eric Holmback: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of …, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vicki Walker: United States Department of Agriculture, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond K. Shepardson: Jeffbaas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons