#1Famous people · Milledgeville
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 38 famous people born in Milledgeville
Articles in 38 languages make the American politician Marjorie Taylor Greene the best known. Behind the leader come Celena Mondie-Milner and Alva M. Lumpkin. The largest group, 12, was born since 1970. The list comes to 22.7 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.3 in the typical town in Georgia.
Born here
38
notable people
Best known
Marjorie Taylor Greene
in 38 Wikipedia languages
First
1798
John W. A. Sanford
Youngest
2001
Elena Arenas
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Milledgeville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Milledgeville is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is soldiers and sailors, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Milledgeville’s famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 7 of the births charted here.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsNotableBusinessFilm, TV & StageMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Milledgeville
Two of the three are leaders.
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Everyone else born in Milledgeville
Of the other 35, 12 are athletes.
John Warren Davis
1888–1980African American educator, college administrator and civil rights leader
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Ella Barksdale Brown
1871–1966American educator, anti-lynching activist, suffragist, journalist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Milledgeville 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 (20)
- Marjorie Taylor Greene: House Creative Services, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alva M. Lumpkin: U.S. Senate historical office, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Brown: User Xxpunkcheese98xx on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tillie K. Fowler: Congressional Pictorial Directory, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George P. Doles: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Salaria Kea: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Landon Knight: National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bryan M. Thomas: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Herty: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earnest Byner: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edwin Francis Jemison: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hines Holt: laut Quelle C.R. Parker († 1849), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Warren Davis: (1923) El Ojo, Institute, West Virginia: Alpha Zeta Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, West Virginia Collegiate Institute, p. 20 of the PDF, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rondell White: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Hurt: original: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USAderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Powell A. Moore: United States Dept. of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carrie Bell Sinclair: Photographer not named., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Harper: Spc. Jeffrey Ledesma, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willie Williams: Ed Yourdon from New York City., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Usery: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons