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Famous people · Dalton
22 famous people come from Dalton, Lane Davies the best known
The best known is the American actor Lane Davies, with articles in 16 languages. The American basketball player Morris Almond ranks second, ahead of Deborah Norville. The largest group, 10, was born between 1920 and 1969. Over 147 years of births, the list goes from Richard R. Wright (1855) to Jahmyr Gibbs (2002).
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Lane Davies
in 16 Wikipedia languages
First
1855
Richard R. Wright
Youngest
2002
Jahmyr Gibbs
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Dalton’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Dalton’s famous people were born
The 1950s alone account for 4 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dalton
Two of the three are performers.
#2
#3Film, TV & Stage
Deborah Norville
born 1958American television journalist and businesswoman
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What Dalton is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.4 times.
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 Dalton
Still to come: 19 more, from 1855 to 2002.
Richard R. Wright
1855–1947President of Georgia State Industrial College for Coloured Youth
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Andrea Saul
born 1982Spokesperson for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dalton 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)
- Morris Almond: Bobik, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deborah Norville: Deborah_Norville_at_Met_Opera.jpg: Rubenstein derivative work: Nightscream, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mitchell Boggs: NawlinWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Harlan Erwin Mitchell: Pocket Congressional Directory, 86th, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard R. Wright: University of Pennsylvania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Susan P. Coppedge: U.S. Department of State, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tammy Jo Kirk: Darryl Moran, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Nathaniel Harben: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Howard Clark: Golden Tulip, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons