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Famous people · Chesapeake
2 famous people were born in Chesapeake
Lou Myers, the American actor, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. The other is Chris Massey, the American football player. The earliest on the list is Lou Myers, born in 1935, and the youngest Chris Massey, born in 1979. The longest list of any town in West Virginia belongs to Huntington, with 62.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Lou Myers
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
Lou Myers
Youngest
1979
Chris Massey
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 people
The best known
Born in Chesapeake
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What Chesapeake is known for
Film, TV & Stage leads the fields, with 1 people.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Chesapeake 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 (1)
- Chris Massey: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons