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ALEXANDRIA

Most Famous People Born in Alexandria, United States

Notable people
379
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1950
Most distinctive
Officer 6.0×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Alexandria during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Alexandria Is Known For

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Politician is Alexandria's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (51).

Alexandria over-indexes on officer6.0× the global rate.

Alexandria under-produces writer — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Politician51
  2. Football45
  3. Lawyer33
  4. Actor30
  5. Baseball20
  6. Basket19
  7. Officer15
  8. Singer12
  1. Officer156.0×
  2. Lawyer335.0×
  3. Baseball204.7×
  4. Basket194.0×
  5. Novelist53.3×
  6. Mathematician52.6×
  7. Militar81.7×
  8. Singer121.5×
  1. Writer80.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Alexandria's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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379 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Dermot Mulroney

Born 1963

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0002 ACTOR

John Hawkes (actor)

Born 1959

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0003 COMPOSER

Stewart Copeland

Born 1952

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0004 ACTOR

Peter Krause

Born 1965

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0005 ACTOR

Diedrich Bader

Born 1966

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0006 POLITICIAN

Angus King

Born 1944

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0007 ACTOR

Casey Wilson

Born 1980

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0008 ACTOR

Kiely Williams

Born 1986

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0009 MUSIC

Neko Case

Born 1970

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0010 ACTOR

Muse Watson

Born 1948

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0011 ACTRESS

Faith Ford

Born 1964

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0012 FILM

John Wells (filmmaker)

Born 1956

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0013 ACTOR

Zachary Knighton

Born 1978

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0014 SINGER

Mackenzie Phillips

Born 1959

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0015 ACTOR

Ciara Bravo

Born 1997

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0016 ACTOR

Diane Neal

Born 1976

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0017 SCULPTOR

Duane Hanson

1925 - 1996

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0018 POLITICIAN

Mick Mulvaney

Born 1967

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0019 SCREENWRITER

Ehren Kruger

Born 1972

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0020 SCREENWRITER

Beau Willimon

Born 1977

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0021 ACTRESS

Donna Dixon

Born 1957

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0022 WRITER

Ann Brashares

Born 1967

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0023 AUTHOR

Chris Avellone

Born 1971

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0024 NOVELIST

Tao Lin

Born 1983

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0025 BASKET

Earl Lloyd

1928 - 2015

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0026 FILM

Jeremy Saulnier

Born 1976

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0027 ACTOR

Rob Huebel

Born 1969

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0028 NOVELIST

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

1939 - 2007

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0029 ACTOR

Willard Scott

Born 1934

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0030 SINGER

Bill Gaither (gospel singer)

Born 1936

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0031 FOOTBALL

Ali Krieger

Born 1984

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0032 FOOTBALL

Clarence Goodson

Born 1982

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0033 POET

Arna Bontemps

1902 - 1973

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0034 ACTOR

Rich Hall

Born 1954

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0035 FOOTBALL

Mojo Rawley

Born 1986

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0036 ACTOR

Macon Blair

Born 1974

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0037 ACTOR

George Fawcett

1860 - 1939

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0038 BASKET

Julyan Stone

Born 1988

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0039 BASKET

Kara Lawson

Born 1981

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0040 SINGER

Gary Beach

1947 - 2018

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0041 ACTOR

Rolf Saxon

Born 1955

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0042 ECONOMIST

Charles Schultze

1924 - 2016

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0043 ARTIST

Mark Jenkins (artist)

Born 1970

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0044 ACTOR

Reed Birney

Born 1954

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0045 MODEL

Megan Young

Born 1990

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0046 BASEBALL

Mat Latos

Born 1987

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0047 LIBRARIAN

Belle da Costa Greene

1883 - 1950

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0048 BASKET

Keith Bogans

Born 1980

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0049 INVENTOR

Edwin J. Houston

1847 - 1914

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0050 POLITICIAN

Thomas Swann

1809 - 1883

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0051 POLITICIAN

James Madison Wells

1808 - 1899

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0052 BASKET

Markel Brown

Born 1992

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0053 POLITICIAN

James Pearce

1805 - 1862

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0054 BANDLEADER

Claude Hopkins

1903 - 1984

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0055 CLIMB

Sasha DiGiulian

Born 1992

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0056 MATHEMATICIAN

Michael J. Hopkins

Born 1958

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0057 BASKET

Steve "Snapper" Jones

1942 - 2017

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0058 ACTOR

Christina Chambers

Born 1969

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0059 MATHEMATICIAN

J. Tinsley Oden

Born 1936

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0060 POLITICIAN

Joseph E. Ransdell

1858 - 1954

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0061 DESIGNER

Bruce Rogers (typographer)

1870 - 1957

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0062 OFFICER

John Pelham (officer)

1838 - 1863

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0063 MATHEMATICIAN

Greg Lawler

Born 1955

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0064 AUTHOR

Matt Bondurant

Born 1971

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0065 BASEBALL

Warren Morris

Born 1974

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0066 FOOTBALL

Eddie Royal

Born 1986

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0067 ACTOR

E. H. Calvert

1863 - 1941

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0068 FOOTBALL

Scott Norwood

Born 1960

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0069 SCREENWRITER

Kieran Mulroney

Born 1965

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0070 FILM

Akosua Adoma Owusu

Born 1984

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0071 NOVELIST

Douglas Clegg

Born 1958

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0072 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Scott Shenker

Born 1956

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0073 ACTIVIST

Amy Richards

Born 1971

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0074 POLITICIAN

Abner Lacock

1770 - 1837

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0075 JOURNALIST

John Ardoin

1935 - 2001

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0076 NOVELIST

Wallace West

1900 - 1980

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0077 POLITICIAN

James Westcott

1802 - 1880

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0078 BASKET

Marcus Simmons

Born 1988

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0079 SINGER

Joey Feek

1975 - 2016

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0080 POLITICIAN

Paula Dobriansky

Born 1955

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0081 POLITICIAN

Austin F. Pike

1819 - 1886

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0082 BASEBALL

Leon Day

1916 - 1995

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0083 AUTHOR

Walter Karig

1898 - 1956

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0084 ZOOLOGIST

Emmett Reid Dunn

1894 - 1956

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0085 LAWYER

Richard H. Stanton

1812 - 1891

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0086 POLITICIAN

Mikie Sherrill

Born 1972

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0087 OFFICER

Hunter Ellis

Born 1968

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0088 BASEBALL

Russ Springer

Born 1968

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0089 BASKET

Othell Wilson

Born 1961

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0090 OFFICER

Chatham Roberdeau Wheat

1826 - 1862

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0091 BASKET

Tierra Ruffin-Pratt

Born 1991

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0092 MATHEMATICIAN

Douglas Ravenel

Born 1947

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0093 POLITICIAN

Henry Lee II

1730 - 1787

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0094 ATTORNEY

George W. Summers

1804 - 1868

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0095 OPERA

Lillian Lawrence

1868 - 1926

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0096 FOOTBALL

Dave Dalby

1950 - 2002

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0097 BASKET

Skeeter Swift

1946 - 2017

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0098 SKATER

Armin Mahbanoozadeh

Born 1991

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0099 POLITICIAN

Harold B. McSween

1926 - 2002

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0100 POLITICIAN

Frederick Perry Stanton

1814 - 1894

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0101 OFFICER

John Randolph Tucker (naval officer)

1812 - 1883

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0102 PHYSICIST

Stephen Shenker

Born 1953

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0103 ACTOR

Casson Ferguson

1891 - 1929

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0104 FOOTBALL

Chris Boniol

Born 1971

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0105 ACTOR

Lauren Young

Born 1993

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0106 POLITICIAN

Lewis McKenzie

1810 - 1895

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0107 POLITICIAN

John Cooksey

Born 1941

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0108 BASKET

Rich Johnson (basketball)

1946 - 1994

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0109 MILITAR

Montgomery Dent Corse

1816 - 1895

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0110 POLITICIAN

Richard Wallach

1816 - 1881

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0111 BASKET

Mike Davis (basketball, born 1988)

Born 1988

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0112 SPRINT

Randy Givens

Born 1962

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0113 FOOTBALL

Jason Hatcher

Born 1982

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0114 POLITICIAN

John Carlyle Herbert

1775 - 1846

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0115 LAWYER

Carl Van Dyke

1881 - 1919

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0116 POLITICIAN

Thomas H. Werdel

1905 - 1966

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0117 POLITICIAN

Thomas Willoughby Newton

1804 - 1853

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0118 SPORT

Tina Pic

Born 1966

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0119 POLITICIAN

Cuthbert Powell

1775 - 1849

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0120 FILM

Jed Johnson (designer)

1948 - 1996

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0121 POLITICIAN

Bernard G. Caulfield

1828 - 1887

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0122 CELLIST

Zuill Bailey

Born 1972

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0123 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

John L. Flannery

Born 1962

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0124 HOCKEY

James Sixsmith

Born 1984

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0125 FOOTBALL

Tony Lilly

Born 1962

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0126 THEATRE

Thomas Kail

Born 1978

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0127 FOOTBALL

Eryk Williamson

Born 1997

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0128 OFFICER

Edward Hanson

1889 - 1959

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0129 LAWYER

Charles Creighton Carlin

1866 - 1938

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0130 POLITICIAN

Roger C. Weightman

1787 - 1876

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0131 LAWYER

William F. Hunter

1808 - 1874

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0132 POLITICIAN

Alexander D. Orr

1761 - 1835

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0133 BOXER

Mac Foster

1942 - 2010

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0134 HOCKEY

Josh Meyers (ice hockey)

Born 1985

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0135 POLITICIAN

Adolphus Peter Nelson

1872 - 1927

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0136 POLITICIAN

John T. Towers

1809 - 1855

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0137 POLITICIAN

Robert L. Rock

1927 - 2013

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0138 LAWYER

Alvin Benjamin Rubin

1920 - 1991

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0139 ATHLETIC

Hafsatu Kamara

Born 1991

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0140 LAWYER

William Taylor (Virginia)

1788 - 1846

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0141 SECRET SERVICE AGENT

William P. Wood

1820 - 1903

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0142 BASKET

Hal Haskins

1924 - 2003

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0143 MAGIC

Alexander (magician)

1880 - 1954

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0144 SINGER

Rebecca Loebe

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0145 POLITICIAN

David W. Marsden

Born 1948

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0146 ACADEMIC

Juan Flores (professor)

1943 - 2014

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0147 MILITAR

Sandie Pendleton

1840 - 1864

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0148 FOOTBALL

Demar Dotson

Born 1985

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0149 PAINTER

John Gadsby Chapman

1808 - 1889

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0150 SINGER

Billy Hancock

1946 - 2018

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0151 OFFICER

Edwin Ward Moore

1810 - 1865

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0152 FOOTBALL

Larry Asante

Born 1988

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0153 HOCKEY

Chris Bala

Born 1978

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0154 JOURNALIST

Matthew Continetti

Born 1981

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0155 ACTOR

Rod Masterson

1945 - 2013

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0156 TRADE UNION

Lucy Randolph Mason

1882 - 1959

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0157 MILITAR

Blackshear M. Bryan

1900 - 1977

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0158 FOOTBALL

Emmanuel Arceneaux

Born 1987

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0159 LAWYER

Thomas M. Paschal

1845 - 1919

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0160 BASEBALL

Greg Smith (pitcher)

Born 1983

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0161 ROWER

Chip Lubsen

Born 1955

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0162 PAINTER

Cappy Thompson

Born 1952

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0163 FOOTBALL

Alex Yi

Born 1982

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0164 NOVELIST

Claire Cook

Born 1955

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0165 ACTOR

Lane Napper

Born 1967

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0166 LAWYER

Samuel Wilbert Tucker

1913 - 1990

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0167 ACTOR

Sam Ash (actor)

1884 - 1951

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0168 RADIO

Chad Dukes (radio personality)

Born 1978

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0169 LAWYER

Jock Scott

1947 - 2009

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0170 SINGER

Kate Jacobs

Born 1959

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0171 DIARIST

Cornelia Peake McDonald

1822 - 1909

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0172 FOOTBALL

Eric Barton

Born 1977

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0173 LAWYER

Mildred Methvin

Born 1952

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0174 LEGISLATOR

Armistead L. Boothe

1907 - 1990

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0175 LAWYER

Albert Vickers Bryan

1899 - 1984

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0176 LAWYER

Philip Richard Fendall II

1794 - 1868

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0177 OFFICER

Paul DePodesta

Born 1972

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0178 ACTOR

Krystal Joy Brown

-

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0179 FOOTBALL

John McEwan

1893 - 1970

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0180 WRITER

Meg Medina

-

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0181 LAWYER

John Janney

1798 - 1872

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0182 SPORT

Dave Flemming

Born 1976

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0183 FOOTBALL

Gerry Bertier

1953 - 1981

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0184 BASEBALL

Tim Melville

Born 1989

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0185 SPORT

Jimmy Dudley

1909 - 1999

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0186 BASKET

Jeffrey Carroll (basketball)

Born 1994

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0187 FILM

Robert Latham Brown

Born 1947

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0188 FOOTBALL

Mo Alie-Cox

Born 1993

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0189 DIPLOMAT

Evan Ryan

Born 1971

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0190 OFFICER

Elie A. F. La Vallette

1790 - 1862

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0191 FOOTBALL

DJ Chark

Born 1996

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0192 FOOTBALL

Jenna Richmond

Born 1991

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0193 WRITER

Stephanie Palmer

-

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0194 WRITER

Junius Edwards

1929 - 2008

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0195 LAWYER

M. Hannah Lauck

Born 1963

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0196 POLITICIAN

Ned Randolph

1942 - 2016

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0197 MODEL

Bobbi Johnson

Born 1945

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0198 CARTOONIST

Shane White

Born 1970

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0199 JOURNALIST

Lea Gabrielle

Born 1975

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0200 MILITAR

Powhatan Henry Clarke

1862 - 1893

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0201 SOLDIER

George T. Alexander

1971 - 2005

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0202 FOOTBALL

Craig Nall

Born 1979

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0203 MUSIC

Johnny Williams (blues musician)

1906 - 2006

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0204 SUPERINTENDENT

Mike Edmonson

Born 1958

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0205 FOOTBALL

Isaac Yiadom

Born 1996

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0206 JOURNALIST

Patrick McCauley

1927 - 2015

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0207 MILITAR

Michael K. Nagata

Born 1954

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0208 LAWYER

Rory Reid

Born 1963

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0209 FOOTBALL

Molly Menchel

Born 1991

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0210 SPORT

Melissa Erickson

Born 1990

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0211 EXPLORER

William A. Slacum

1799 - 1839

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0212 FOOTBALL

T. J. Heath

Born 1987

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0213 FOOTBALL

Corey Widmer

Born 1968

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0214 DEPUTY

Jeff Gorell

Born 1970

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0215 BASEBALL

Conor Mullee

Born 1988

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0216 POLITICIAN

William D. Euille

-

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0217 POLITICIAN

Julius Patrick

1938 - 2006

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0218 POLITICIAN

William H. Daingerfield

1808 - 1878

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0219 LAWYER

Camille Gravel

1915 - 2005

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0220 FOOTBALL

Thomas Clayton (American football)

Born 1984

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0221 FOOTBALL

Christian Johnson

Born 1986

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0222 POLICE

Trevor N. McFadden

Born 1978

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0223 POLITICIAN

Jacques Roy (mayor)

Born 1970

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0224 PRESENTER

Al Bolton

1925 - 2014

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0225 FOOTBALL

Jeff Carroll (soccer)

Born 1984

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0226 BASEBALL

Todd Butler

Born 1966

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0227 BASEBALL

Terry Mathews

1964 - 2012

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0228 MILITAR

James Boyles Murray

1789 - 1866

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0229 BASKET

Josh Hairston

Born 1992

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0230 ACTOR

Natalie Desselle-Reid

Born 1967

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0231 GOLF

Clifford Ann Creed

Born 1938

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0232 BUSINESS

Bryan Lathrop

1844 - 1916

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0233 NAVY

Francis C. Hammond

1931 - 1953

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0234 POLITICIAN

Peter Farrell (politician)

Born 1983

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0235 FOOTBALL

Nic Harris

Born 1986

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0236 FOOTBALL

Marisa Park

Born 1991

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0237 POLITICIAN

Virginia deGravelles

1915 - 2017

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0238 BASEBALL

Ken Tatum

Born 1944

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0239 LAWYER

Catherine D. Kimball

Born 1945

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0240 JOURNALIST

Lamar White

Born 1982

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0241 CEO

Timothy Koogle

Born 1951

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0242 FOOTBALL

Rocky Belk

1960 - 2010

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0243 FOOTBALL

Bryson Spinner

Born 1980

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0244 LAWYER

Ed Ware

1927 - 2016

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0245 LAWYER

George M. Foote

1919 - 2010

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0246 ARMY

Darryl A. Williams

-

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0247 ACTOR

Cora Skinner

Born 1985

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0248 OFFICER

Lucius D. Clay Jr.

1919 - 1994

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0249 POLITICIAN

Jennifer Dougherty

Born 1961

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0250 SINGER

Rana Mansour

Born 1981

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0251 POLITICIAN

Danny Verdin

Born 1964

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0252 POLITICIAN

Herbert Dixon (Louisiana politician)

Born 1949

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0253 SPECIAL EFFECTS

Mark Vargo

Born 1954

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0254 POLITICIAN

Ken Hollis

1942 - 2010

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0255 ABOLITIONIST

Sarah Pugh

1800 - 1884

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0256 POLITICIAN

Kathy Kozachenko

-

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0257 LAWYER

Jeff R. Thompson

Born 1965

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0258 POLITICIAN

Wilson Riles

1917 - 1999

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0259 POLITICIAN

Charles W. DeWitt Jr.

Born 1947

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0260 OFFICER

Nemo Gaines

1897 - 1979

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0261 ARCHITECT

Alma Carlisle

Born 1927

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0262 EXECUTIVE

Thad Levine

Born 1971

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0263 LAWYER

Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.

1926 - 2019

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0264 LAWYER

Jimmy Faircloth

Born 1964

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0265 SERGEANT

Douglas Syphax

1842 - 1890

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0266 FOOTBALL

Bill Schroll

1926 - 2009

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0267 POLITICIAN

Carl Gunter Jr.

1938 - 1999

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0268 LAWYER

Henry Throop Stanton

1834 - 1899

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0269 WRITER

Catherine Pelonero

Born 1967

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0270 SINGER

Danny Gaither

1938 - 2001

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0271 FOOTBALL

Oren Burks

Born 1995

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0272 JOURNALIST

Ed Cullen

Born 1946

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0273 WRESTLER

Cueball Carmichael

Born 1960

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0274 SWIMMER

Michelle Griglione

Born 1969

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0275 FOOTBALL

Eric Stokes (American football)

Born 1973

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0276 FOOTBALL

Jerry Wilson (defensive back)

Born 1973

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0277 BASEBALL

Ben Steiner

1921 - 1988

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0278 BASKET

John Brannen (basketball)

Born 1974

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0279 LAWYER

Louis Berry

1914 - 1998

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0280 ATTORNEY

Grove Stafford

1897 - 1975

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0281 FILM

Jess Manafort

Born 1982

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0282 BASEBALL

Tom Parker (baseball)

1912 - 1964

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0283 SONGWRITER

Maegan Cottone

-

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0284 RAPPER

Black Cobain

Born 1986

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0285 POLITICIAN

Leroy S. Bendheim

1906 - 1987

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0286 JOURNALIST

Megan Beyer

Born 1957

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0287 LAWYER

Luther F. Cole

1925 - 2013

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0288 LIEUTENANT

Lloyd Herbert Hughes

1921 - 1943

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0289 POLITICIAN

Pete Johnson (Mississippi)

Born 1948

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0290 LAWYER

Chris Roy Jr.

Born 1962

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0291 PHOTOGRAPHER

Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders

1861 - 1910

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0292 FOOTBALL

Zach Zwinak

Born 1992

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0293 JUDGE

Edwin F. Hunter

1911 - 2002

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0294 PRIEST

Joseph C. Talbot

1816 - 1883

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0295 MISSING

John McIntire (pioneer)

1759 - 1815

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0296 OFFICER

Leo A. Brooks Sr.

Born 1932

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0297 MILITAR

Zachariah T. Woodall

1849 - 1899

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0298 POLITICIAN

Hala Ayala

Born 1973

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0299 ACADEMIC

Sarah Kreps

Born 1976

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0300 ACTOR

Joe Williams (Schauspieler)

Born 1982

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