14 famous people were born in East Point, more of them athletes than in most towns
The best known is the American basketball player Jamison Brewer, with articles in 12 languages. Scott Russell and J. J. Mann follow. Since 1970, 8 were born, the most of any period. The first birth on record is Harold Kite’s, in 1921, and the last Kawaan Baker’s, in 1998.
What stands out about East Point’s famous people
When East Point’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What East Point is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Born in East Point
All three are athletes.
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#3Everyone else born in East Point
Here are 11 more, born from 1921 to 1998.




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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Atlanta has the most people on record, 27 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is East Point 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)
- Scott Russell: twowheelok, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. J. Mann: Kwio1988, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alonso Duralde: Jere Keys from San Francisco, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Rogers: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Thomas: DriverDatabase1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kofi Amichia: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martin Luther King Jr.: Associated Press, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 2 Chainz: demxx, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Mote: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons


