#1Famous people · Newnan
Musicians stand out among the 36 famous people born in Newnan
Articles in 31 languages make the American country singer and songwriter Alan Jackson the best known. Behind the leader come Ellis Arnall and Hamilton Bohannon. Since 1970, 14 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.3 in the typical town in Georgia.
Born here
36
notable people
Best known
Alan Jackson
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1832
John S. Bigby
Youngest
1997
Tyshun Render
Most common field
Sports
18 people
What stands out about Newnan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Newnan is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 2 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 Newnan’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 7 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Newnan
Two of the three are musicians.
#1
#2Politics & Law
Ellis Arnall
1907–1992American politician, Governor of Georgia
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HB#3
Music
Hamilton Bohannon
1942–2020American drummer, band leader, percussionist, record producer and songwriter
11 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Newnan
33 more, 18 of them athletes.
Frank Smith
born 1942Civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C., United States
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Newnan 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 (14)
- Alan Jackson: John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ellis Arnall: Universal Studios, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Natalie Pluskota: Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons
- Deantoni Parks: l3o_nardo, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Smith: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William David Upshaw: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alec Ogletree: Johnmaxmena2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jerome Walton: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe M. Jackson: Technical Sergeant Adrian Cadiz, United States Air Force, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Will Lutz: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Constantine B. Kilgore: ”Members of the House of Representatives on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington” (detail), engraving after Valerian Gribayedoff, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 1894, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John J. Young, Jr.: U.S. Dept. of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John S. Bigby: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Walker Carpenter: . The original uploader was MisterCake at English Wikipedia., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons