#1Famous people · Evans
6 famous people from Evans, many of them athletes
The best known is the American shot putter Reese Hoffa, with articles in 29 languages. Since 1970, 6 were born, the most of any period. The oldest name on the list belongs to Ben Hayslip, born in 1970, the newest to Nick Sandlin, born in 1997. For its size the list is short: 1.6 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.3 in the typical Georgia town.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Reese Hoffa
in 29 Wikipedia languages
First
1970
Ben Hayslip
Youngest
1997
Nick Sandlin
Most common field
Sports
4 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Evans’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Evans’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Evans is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Evans
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Evans
Of the other 3, 2 are athletes.
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A chosen home
Also called Evans home
Born elsewhere, Steven Fisk lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Evans 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)
- Reese Hoffa: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jaleel Roberts: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Parker: Minda Haas on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Sandlin: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons