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Famous people · Powder Springs
Of the 15 famous people born in Powder Springs, an unusual share are athletes
The best known is the American soccer player Shaq Moore, with articles in 23 languages. The largest group, 11, was born since 1970. Alexander S. Clay (1853) and Andrew Carleton (2000) mark the two ends of the list. The list comes to 8.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.3 in the typical town in Georgia.
Born here
15
notable people
Best known
Shaq Moore
in 23 Wikipedia languages
First
1853
Alexander S. Clay
Youngest
2000
Andrew Carleton
Most common field
Sports
11 people
What stands out about Powder Springs’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Powder Springs’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 6 births in the decade.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Powder Springs is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.1 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Powder Springs
Languages with an article: 23 for Shaq Moore, 20 for Robyn Lively, 10 for Alexander S. Clay.
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Everyone else born in Powder Springs
Here are 12 more, born from 1904 to 2000.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Mableton has the most people on record, 9 of them.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Powder Springs 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 (10)
- Robyn Lively: Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander S. Clay: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andrew Carleton: Eric.Jason.Cross, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Evan Engram: Keith Allison: Flickr, e-mail, Twitter, Instagram, website, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chig Okonkwo: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kenyan Drake: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pat Cannon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chuma Edoga: U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob Wood, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lil Yachty: The 85 South Comedy Show, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kimberly Alexander: Georgia House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons