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Anne Rivers Siddons
1936–2019Novelist from the United States
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Famous people · Fairburn
Of the 12 famous people born in Fairburn, an unusual share are athletes
Anne Rivers Siddons, the novelist from the United states, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The largest group, 9, was born since 1970. Over 95 years of births, the list goes from Cleo Carlyle (1902) to D'Andre Walker (1997). Per head, the list is long: 7.1 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Georgia has 4.3.
Born here
12
notable people
Best known
Anne Rivers Siddons
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1902
Cleo Carlyle
Youngest
1997
D'Andre Walker
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Fairburn’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fairburn’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 5 people born in that decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fairburn is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.1 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 Fairburn
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Fairburn
9 more, from 1909 to 1997.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fairburn 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 (3)
- Cleo Carlyle: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jayson Stanley: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joshua Holsey: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons