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Famous people · Colquitt
8 famous people from Colquitt, many of them athletes
Articles in 14 languages make the Olympic medalist in basketball Lea Henry the best known. The American politician Peter Zack Geer ranks second, ahead of Charles Grant. The list is still growing: 4 were born since 1970. The earliest on the list is Peter Zack Geer, born in 1928, and the youngest Brandon Miller, born in 1986.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Lea Henry
in 14 Wikipedia languages
First
1928
Peter Zack Geer
Youngest
1986
Brandon Miller
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Colquitt’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Colquitt is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.1 times as common.
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 Colquitt’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 3.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Colquitt
Athletes take two of the three places.
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Everyone else born in Colquitt
A further 5 follow, born between 1931 and 1986.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Colquitt 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 (1)
- Peter Zack Geer: Georgia Department of Archives and History - University of Georgia Map and Government Information Library, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons