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Famous people · Buford
13 famous people were born in Buford, more of them athletes than in most towns
Articles in 13 languages make the Olympic medalist in basketball Cindy Brogdon the best known. Close behind are Brownie Wise and Elexa Bahr. Luke Biasi, born in 1999, is the youngest, and Roy Carlyle, born in 1900, the first on record. Per head, the list is long: 7.2 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Georgia has 4.3.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Cindy Brogdon
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Roy Carlyle
Youngest
1999
Luke Biasi
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Buford’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Buford is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.4 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Buford’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1990s come out on top, with 6 births.
SportsBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Buford
First, Cindy Brogdon (13 languages), then Brownie Wise (10) and Elexa Bahr (7).
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Elexa Bahr
born 1998American–Honduran–Colombian association football player
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Sugar Hill has the most on record: 3.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Buford 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 (7)
- Brownie Wise: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elexa Bahr: Futbolero, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon Marsh: Mogami Kariya, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joey Bart: Erik Drost on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaac Nauta: Tammy Anthony Baker, Photographer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sion James: Hameltion, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Connor Shaw: Eric Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons