#1Famous people · Warner Robins
Of the 24 famous people born in Warner Robins, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 13 languages make the American basketball player Brent Petway the best known. 16 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. Births span 1958 to 2000, from James Brooks to Trey Hill. The list comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Georgia, at 4.3.
Born here
24
notable people
Best known
Brent Petway
in 13 Wikipedia languages
First
1958
James Brooks
Youngest
2000
Trey Hill
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Warner Robins’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Warner Robins’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 8 in all.
SportsFilm, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Warner Robins is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2 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 Warner Robins
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2Film, TV & Stage
Betty Maxwell
born 1994American beauty pageant contestant
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Warner Robins
21 more, best known first.
David Knight
born 1969American politician who has served in the Georgia House of Representatives since 2005
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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The longest list nearby is Perry’s, with 14.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Warner Robins 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)
- Brent Petway: Soilets at German Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Betty Maxwell: Staff Sgt. Sean Harp, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Nelson: Baseballnick55, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Brooks: Kiwanis, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marquez Callaway: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Branyan: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jake Fromm: Thomson200, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neal Fort: Nealfort, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Davis: C Watts, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Denning: Jeanne Elizabeth, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Knight: Georgia House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sonny Perdue: Bruce Tuten from Savannah, Georgia, United States, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons