#1Famous people · Cordele
Joe Williams tops a list of 20 famous people born in Cordele
Articles in 17 languages make the American jazz singer Joe Williams the best known. From Eddie Emerson to Jammie Robinson, the births on the list run from 1892 to 2001. Athletes make up the largest group, 10 of them. Only 30 of the 351 towns in Georgia with anyone on record list more.
Born here
20
notable people
Best known
Joe Williams
in 17 Wikipedia languages
First
1892
Eddie Emerson
Youngest
2001
Jammie Robinson
Most common field
Sports
10 people
What stands out about Cordele’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Cordele’s famous people were born
The 1940s top the chart, with 3 births in the decade.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawBusinessFilm, TV & StageMilitaryScience & MedicineNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Cordele
Joe Williams, Jody Powell and Dontell Jefferson are written about in 17, 10 and 8 languages.
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#2Politics & Law
Jody Powell
1943–2009White House press secretary to President Jimmy Carter
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What Cordele is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.4 times as common.
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Everyone else born in Cordele
The rest number 17, with 9 athletes among them.
Gene Espy
1927–2025American hiker who was the second to thru-hike Appalachian Trail
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Cordele 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 (9)
- Joe Williams: Richard Newhouse Marina, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jody Powell: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Hiers: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Quay Walker: Gamecock Central, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ronald E. Ray: US Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jammie Robinson: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Emerson: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gene Espy: Georgia Tech Student Publications, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Tyler: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons