#1Famous people · Alpharetta
22 famous people from Alpharetta, many of them athletes
Most widely known is Croix Bethune, the American soccer player, with articles in 14 languages. The American football player Jaycee Horn ranks second, ahead of CJ Abrams. 21 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. The list comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Georgia, at 4.3.
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Croix Bethune
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1975
Daniel Pope
Youngest
2007
Dominik Chong-Qui
Most common field
Sports
21 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Alpharetta’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Alpharetta’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 11 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Alpharetta is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.7 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Alpharetta
The three best known are all athletes.
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Everyone else born in Alpharetta
The other 19 span the years 1975 to 2007.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Alpharetta home
One more notable person made the town home: Lara George.
Lara George
born 1978US-based Nigerian gospel recording artiste, songwriter and producer.(born on 25 May, 1989)
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Roswell lists the most people: 17.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alpharetta 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 (15)
- Croix Bethune: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaycee Horn: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- CJ Abrams: Jeffrey Hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua Dobbs: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Lawson: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- C. J. Cochran: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Everett Teaford: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyler Ruthven: Michael Rincon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Leibrandt: Jeffrey Hayes, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominik Chong-Qui: Keiteay, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Tuggle: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lara George: Ellebaj, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Cross: Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dylan Cease: Jmar Gambol: Flickr, Instagram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Andrews: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons