#1Famous people · Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald counts 13 famous people, first among them Forrest Towns
At the top of the list is the American hurdler Forrest Towns, covered in 23 languages. Morris Berthold Abram is second and Charlie Paulk third. Between 1920 and 1969, 6 were born, the most of any period. For every 10,000 residents there are 14.6 on the list, well above the typical Georgia town’s 4.3.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Forrest Towns
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1900
Brainard Cheney
Youngest
1998
Jason Poe
Most common field
Sports
4 people
The best known
Born in Fitzgerald
Ranked by languages covered: Forrest Towns with 23, then Morris Berthold Abram with 8 and Charlie Paulk with 7.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Morris Berthold Abram
1918–2000American civil rights lawyer
8 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
CP#3
Through the years
When Fitzgerald’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1910s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableScience & MedicineMilitaryMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Fitzgerald is known for
Share of Fitzgerald’s famous people in each field.
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 Fitzgerald
10 more, from 1900 to 1998.
No one matches both filters.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Fitzgerald?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Fitzgerald’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fitzgerald 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 (7)
- Forrest Towns: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morris Berthold Abram: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Dowdy: NatalieMaynor, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Davis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charlie Stone: Florida House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jemea Thomas: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abner Jay: Florida Memory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons