#1Famous people · Locust Grove
3 famous people call Locust Grove their birthplace
Articles in 6 languages make the American football player Jordan Akins the best known. Second place goes to the American politician from Georgia Lauren Daniel, third to Jim L. Gillis, Jr.. The earliest on the list is Jim L. Gillis, Jr., born in 1916, and the youngest Lauren Daniel, born in 1994. For its size the list is short: 2.8 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.3 in the typical Georgia town.
Born here
3
notable people
Best known
Jordan Akins
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1916
Jim L. Gillis, Jr.
Youngest
1994
Lauren Daniel
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
The best known
Born in Locust Grove
Jordan Akins has articles in 6 languages, Lauren Daniel in 3 and Jim L. Gillis, Jr. in 1.
#1LD#2
Politics & Law
Lauren Daniel
born 1994American politician from Georgia
3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
JJ#3
Politics & Law
Jim L. Gillis, Jr.
1916–2018Former Georgia state senator
1 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
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Born elsewhere, Natasha Hastings lived here.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Locust Grove 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 (2)
- Jordan Akins: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Natasha Hastings: Augustas Didžgalvis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons