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Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Ashburn
Ashburn is the birthplace of 4 famous people
Frank Williams, the architect, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The next two names are Ben Thomas and Betty Talmadge. For every 10,000 residents there are 9.5 on the list, well above the typical Georgia town’s 4.3. Born in 1923, Betty Talmadge is the first name on record, and Tamorrion Terry, born in 1998, the most recent.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Frank Williams
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1923
Betty Talmadge
Youngest
1998
Tamorrion Terry
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Ashburn
Frank Williams has articles in 6 languages, Ben Thomas in 4 and Betty Talmadge in 3.
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Business
Betty Talmadge
1923–2005Businesswoman, author, former first lady of Georgia
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Through the years
When Ashburn’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1930s, with 1 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsBusiness
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Known for
What Ashburn is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.
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 Ashburn
1 more, best known first.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ashburn 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.