#1Famous people · Bonifay
5 famous people call Bonifay their birthplace
With articles in 7 languages, Chris Walker is the most widely known. The American politician Georgia Boy Williams ranks second, ahead of Jerry G. Melvin. From Georgia Boy Williams to Chris Walker, the births on the list run from 1908 to 1994. Half or more of the towns in Florida have no one on record, but this one has 17.9 for every 10,000 residents.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Chris Walker
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1908
Georgia Boy Williams
Youngest
1994
Chris Walker
Most common field
Politics & Law
4 people
The best known
Born in Bonifay
Two of the three are leaders.
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#3Through the years
When Bonifay’s famous people were born
The 1990s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Politics & LawSports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bonifay is known for
Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Bonifay
2 more names, born between 1911 and 1943.
Alice Lee
1911–2014One of Alabama's first female lawyers, recipient of the Maud McClure Kelly Award from the Alabama Bar Association. Sister of author Harper Lee
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bonifay 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 (3)
- Chris Walker: Dennis Adair, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georgia Boy Williams: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerry G. Melvin: Florida Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons