#1Famous people · Fort Gaines
5 famous people were born in Fort Gaines
At the top of the list is the American singer Carrie Smith, covered in 9 languages. The American football player and coach Bubba McDowell ranks second, ahead of Frances Sage Bradley. 4 of them were born between 1920 and 1969, more than in any other period. More are athletes than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Carrie Smith
in 9 Wikipedia languages
First
1862
Frances Sage Bradley
Youngest
1966
Bubba McDowell
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about Fort Gaines’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Fort Gaines’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 3.
SportsMusicScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Fort Gaines
The three are covered in 9, 4 and 3 languages: Carrie Smith, Bubba McDowell and Frances Sage Bradley.
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#3Science & Medicine
Frances Sage Bradley
1862–1949Physician and pioneer of child hygiene
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What Fort Gaines is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.7 times as common.
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Everyone else born in Fort Gaines
The rest number 2, with 2 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Fort Gaines 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)
- Carrie Smith: Lioneldecoster, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bubba McDowell: 2C2K Photography, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frances Sage Bradley: No photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Jackson: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons