#1Famous people · St. Simons
St. Simons counts 6 famous people, first among them Jim Brown
At the top of the list is the American football player and actor Jim Brown, covered in 46 languages. 2 of them were born since 1970. Born in 1842, J. Floyd King is the first name on record, and Morgan Gautrat, born in 1993, the most recent. The list comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Georgia, at 4.3.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Jim Brown
in 46 Wikipedia languages
First
1842
J. Floyd King
Youngest
1993
Morgan Gautrat
Most common field
Sports
3 people
What stands out about St. Simons’ famous people
★ What stands out · The best known
Born in St. Simons
Athletes take two of the three places.
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#3Through the years
When St. Simons’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 2 births.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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What St. Simons is known for
St. Simons has 1.4× the usual share of athletes.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is St. Simons 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 (5)
- Jim Brown: Kahn's Weiners, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Gautrat: Jamie Smed from Cincinnati, Ohio, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Floyd King: Peruna Medicine Company (Columbus, Ohio)., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Andy Craven: Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Alexander: Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons