#1Famous people · Waynesboro
8 famous people were born in Waynesboro, more of them athletes than in most towns
Benito Jones, the American football player, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The next two names are Jeff Branson and James Marion West Sr.. The list comes to 17.7 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Mississippi, at 14.3. 3 were born in 1970 or later.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Benito Jones
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1871
James Marion West Sr.
Youngest
1997
Benito Jones
Most common field
Sports
6 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents
What stands out about Waynesboro’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Waynesboro is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, 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.
Through the years
When Waynesboro’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 2.
SportsBusinessPolitics & Law
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Waynesboro
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1
#2
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Waynesboro
Still to come: 5 more, from 1909 to 1984.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Waynesboro home
One more notable person made the town home: Tommy Dickerson.
The town’s pick
Town Square →Who’s the most famous person from Waynesboro?
Pick one and say why. Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Your pick
No picks yet
Be the first to say who Waynesboro’s most famous person is.
Or tell us
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Waynesboro 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)
- Benito Jones: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeff Branson: Emjaymem, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Marion West Sr.: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Spencer Johnson: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowell Tew: Bowman, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons