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Famous people · Lyons
8 famous people were born in Lyons
With articles in 6 languages, Nick Eason is the most widely known. Behind the leader come Craig Campbell and Jeremy Beasley. Jeremy Beasley, born in 1995, is the youngest, and Charles C. Mann, born in 1935, the first on record. Births since 1970 account for 4 of the names.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Nick Eason
in 6 Wikipedia languages
First
1935
Charles C. Mann
Youngest
1995
Jeremy Beasley
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Lyons’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Lyons’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lyons
Ranked by languages covered: Nick Eason with 6, then Craig Campbell with 5 and Jeremy Beasley with 4.
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What Lyons is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 1.8 times.
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Everyone else born in Lyons
5 more, from 1935 to 1977.
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Around it, Vidalia has the most people on record, 9 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Lyons 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 (5)
- Craig Campbell: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeremy Beasley: とらとうはんしん, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben Harbin: Georgia National Guard from United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ron Stephens: Georgia House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mel Blount: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Hulme; cropped by User:Blueag9, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons