Next door to Oakwood, Gainesville lists 48 famous people
The list for Oakwood is empty for now. The longest list of any town in Georgia belongs to Rome, with 66. Albany has the second-longest list in Georgia, after Rome, with 62. The Georgia lists hold names for 352 towns.
Who’s listed here
Famous people come from Wikidata (people whose birthplace is Oakwood), checked against each person’s English Wikipedia article and ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover them. Nobody born in Oakwood has passed that check yet, and nobody born within 35 miles is listed.
Famous people born near Oakwood
Gainesville leads the towns around it, with 48 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Oakwood 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)
- Margaret Woodrow Wilson: Unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Connor Shaw: Eric Drost, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

