#1Famous people · Norcross
16 famous people from Norcross, many of them athletes
Brandon Goodwin, the American basketball player, is the most widely known, written about in 13 languages. The largest group, 15, was born since 1970. Only 35 of the 351 towns in Georgia with anyone on record list more. Per head, the list is long: 8.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Georgia has 4.3.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Brandon Goodwin
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Al Wingo
Youngest
2004
London Johnson
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Norcross’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Norcross’s famous people were born
The 1990s alone account for 9 of the births charted here.
Sports
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Norcross
The three best known are all athletes.
#1BJ#2
AH#3
Everyone
Everyone else born in Norcross
The rest number 13, with 13 athletes among them.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Norcross 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 (6)
- Brandon Goodwin: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darius Slayton: AlexanderJonesi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Garcia: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Kinney: Ryan Byrne, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Wingo: Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brice Butler: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons