#1Famous people · Augusta
Don Galloway tops a list of 6 famous people born in Augusta
The best known is the American actor Don Galloway, with articles in 15 languages. Most were born in the early republic: 4 of them. Buckner Stith Morris (1800) and Don Galloway (1937) mark the two ends of the list. 3 of them are performers, more than in any other field.
Born here
6
notable people
Best known
Don Galloway
in 15 Wikipedia languages
First
1800
Buckner Stith Morris
Youngest
1937
Don Galloway
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people
Also called it home
2
notable residents
What stands out about Augusta’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Augusta’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1810s, at 2.
Film, TV & StagePolitics & LawMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Augusta
Don Galloway has articles in 15 languages, Stuart Walker in 11 and Ruby Lafayette in 10.
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#2Film, TV & Stage
Stuart Walker
1888–1941American director and producer
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#3Known for
What Augusta is known for
Compared with the usual town, performers are the most over-represented field, at 5.3 times.
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Everyone else born in Augusta
3 more names, born between 1800 and 1819.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Augusta home
2 notable people born elsewhere made the town home, George Clooney the best known.
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Augusta 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 (6)
- Don Galloway: Wjwalrus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stuart Walker: Stuart Walker; no photographer credited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruby Lafayette: Bluebird Photoplays Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Buckner Stith Morris: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Durbin Ward: Henry Howe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Clooney: Dr. Blofeld at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons