#1Sports
Buster Posey
born 1987American baseball executive and former player
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Famous people · Leesburg
6 famous people come from Leesburg, Buster Posey the best known
The best known is the American baseball executive and former player Buster Posey, with articles in 18 languages. 3 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. The list comes to 16.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.3 in the typical town in Georgia. The earliest on the list is Tic Forrester, born in 1896, and the youngest Mark Robinson, born in 1999.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Buster Posey
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1896
Tic Forrester
Youngest
1999
Mark Robinson
Most common field
Sports
2 people
What stands out about Leesburg’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Leesburg’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1920s come out on top, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Leesburg
Counted by languages, Buster Posey is ahead of Roy Hamilton and Mark Robinson: 18, 11 and 3.
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What Leesburg is known for
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Leesburg 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)
- Buster Posey: Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roy Hamilton: TGC-Topps Gum Cards-photo from Epic Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tic Forrester: US Government Printing Office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Davis: Govt of Florida, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons