#1Famous people · Perry
Sonny Perdue tops a list of 14 famous people born in Perry
At the top of the list is the American politician Sonny Perdue, covered in 28 languages. 5 of them were born since 1970. The largest group, 6, was born between 1920 and 1969. The list comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Georgia, at 4.3.
Born here
14
notable people
Best known
Sonny Perdue
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1875
Caroline Love Goodwin
Youngest
1990
Kanorris Davis
Most common field
Sports
7 people
What stands out about Perry’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Perry’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 4 people born in that decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Perry
Ranked by languages covered: Sonny Perdue with 28, then Courtney Hodges with 27 and Ron Simmons with 21.
#1
#2RS#3
Sports
Ron Simmons
born 1958American football player and professional wrestler
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Known for
What Perry is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Perry
Of the other 11, 6 are athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Perry 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 (11)
- Sonny Perdue: Bruce Tuten from Savannah, Georgia, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Courtney Hodges: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Washed Out: georgia from brooklyn, usa, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Al Thornton: Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casey Hayward: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caroline Love Goodwin: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Deborah Roberts: Porter Hovey at http://www.porterhovey.com/, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Solomon: St. Louis Cardinals, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kanorris Davis: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Walker III: Georgia Peanut Commission, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brent Petway: Soilets at German Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons