Dahlonega’s famous people span 132 years: 5 births from 1835 to 1967
Sara Christian, the American racing driver, is the most widely known, written about in 7 languages. Second and third on the list are William P. Price and William Wallace Price. Per head, the list is long: 6.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Georgia has 4.3. The list’s best known name, Sara Christian, dates from 1918.
Born in Dahlonega
Sara Christian, William P. Price and William Wallace Price are written about in 7, 5 and 3 languages.
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#3When Dahlonega’s famous people were born
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 1.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Dahlonega is known for
The largest field is Politics & Law, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in Dahlonega
2 more, best known first.


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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dahlonega 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 (4)
- William P. Price: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William Wallace Price: The Library of Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Gooch: Nydia Tisdale, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Edge: Henriok, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons