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Famous people · Lawrenceville
Of the 34 famous people born in Lawrenceville, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the American rapper Takeoff, covered in 34 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 27 in all. Bubba Chandler, born in 2002, is the youngest, and Bill Arp, born in 1826, the first on record. Only 12 of the 351 towns in Georgia with anyone on record list more.
Born here
34
notable people
Best known
Takeoff
in 34 Wikipedia languages
First
1826
Bill Arp
Youngest
2002
Bubba Chandler
Most common field
Sports
23 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Lawrenceville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lawrenceville’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 16.
SportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageMusicWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Lawrenceville 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 Lawrenceville
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Lawrenceville
31 more names, born between 1826 and 2002.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Lawrenceville home
One more notable person made the town home: Donna McLeod.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lawrenceville 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 (19)
- Walker Zimmerman: Hossein Zohrevand, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ezzard Charles: Distributed by ACME Newspictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jimmy Maurer: u/reepers_hellcat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aleem Ford: Tom Hagerty, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucas Sims: Rick Briggs on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Armah: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Roderick: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kalif Raymond: Chipermc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Troy Davis: ReubenPol, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Asher Clark: U.S. Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Arp: J. A. O'Neill, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bubba Chandler: Bryan Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Geremy Davis: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buzz Brockway: Nydia Tisdale, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christina Warren: Grant Robertson, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Goldwire: SneakinDeacon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sam Hamilton: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Styles Hutchins: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna McLeod: Georgia House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons