#1Sports
Eric Shanteau
born 1983American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
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Famous people · Snellville
16 famous people were born in Snellville, more of them athletes than in most towns
Eric Shanteau leads the list, covered in 18 languages. Second and third on the list are Owen Wolff and Ben Bledsoe. The largest group, 16, was born since 1970. The list comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 4.3 in the typical town in Georgia.
Born here
16
notable people
Best known
Eric Shanteau
in 18 Wikipedia languages
First
1982
Ben Bledsoe
Youngest
2004
Owen Wolff
Most common field
Sports
13 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Snellville’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Snellville’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1990s than in any other decade: 9.
SportsMusicWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Snellville is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.3 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 Snellville
Eric Shanteau leads with articles in 18 languages, ahead of Owen Wolff (11) and Ben Bledsoe (8).
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Everyone else born in Snellville
13 more names, born between 1982 and 2003.
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A chosen home
Also called Snellville home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Snellville, though born elsewhere.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Snellville 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 (12)
- Eric Shanteau: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen Wolff: u/reepers_hellcat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kyle Lewis: PaulHamaker Cropped by 佾珜, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ragan Smith: Alessandro Gamberi, CC BY-SA 3.0 it, Wikimedia Commons
- Garrett Whitlock: Chris Waugaman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Beaty: Th3TruthPhotos, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cameron Sample: United States Naval Academy Photo Archive, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Curtis Terry: Minda Haas Kuhlmann, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Greene: Tom McDonald, Jason Fierle., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Ella Stevens: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Angels: grenwail, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Diana DeGarmo: Lisa Ferdinando, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons