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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 officer — 6.0× 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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0006 POLITICIAN

Angus King

Born 1944

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0010 ACTOR

Muse Watson

Born 1948

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0040 SINGER

Gary Beach

1947 - 2018

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0057 BASKET

Steve "Snapper" Jones

1942 - 2017

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0092 MATHEMATICIAN

Douglas Ravenel

Born 1947

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0097 BASKET

Skeeter Swift

1946 - 2017

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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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0120 FILM

Jed Johnson (designer)

1948 - 1996

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0133 BOXER

Mac Foster

1942 - 2010

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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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0150 SINGER

Billy Hancock

1946 - 2018

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0155 ACTOR

Rod Masterson

1945 - 2013

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0169 LAWYER

Jock Scott

1947 - 2009

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0187 FILM

Robert Latham Brown

Born 1947

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0196 POLITICIAN

Ned Randolph

1942 - 2016

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0197 MODEL

Bobbi Johnson

Born 1945

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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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0252 POLITICIAN

Herbert Dixon (Louisiana politician)

Born 1949

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0254 POLITICIAN

Ken Hollis

1942 - 2010

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0259 POLITICIAN

Charles W. DeWitt Jr.

Born 1947

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0272 JOURNALIST

Ed Cullen

Born 1946

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0289 POLITICIAN

Pete Johnson (Mississippi)

Born 1948

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0307 BASEBALL

Chuck Scrivener

Born 1947

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0337 RESEARCH

Brian E. Carlson

Born 1947

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0364 BASEBALL

Steve Fields

1941 - 2009

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0377 LAWYER

L. Mendel Rivers Jr.

Born 1947

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