#1Famous people · Dawsonville
Of the 7 famous people born in Dawsonville, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 53 languages make the American stock car racing driver Chase Elliott the best known. More than half were born since 1970, 4 in all. The list comes to 15.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.3 in the typical town in Georgia. Over 83 years of births, the list goes from Gober Sosebee (1915) to Spencer Davis (1998).
Born here
7
notable people
Best known
Chase Elliott
in 53 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Gober Sosebee
Youngest
1998
Spencer Davis
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Dawsonville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Dawsonville is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 2.4 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 Dawsonville’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dawsonville
Chase Elliott has articles in 53 languages, Bill Elliott in 14 and Casey Elliott in 3.
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Everyone else born in Dawsonville
4 more names, born between 1915 and 1998.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Dawsonville 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)
- Chase Elliott: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Elliott: derivative work: Dany3000 Bill_Elliott_Enlists.jpg: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Joseph Buliavac (RELEASED), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Spencer Davis: Zach Catanzareti Photo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Wade: Will Wade, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons