#1Famous people · Georgetown
From 1783 to 2001, Georgetown was the birthplace of 33 famous people
The best known is the American athlete Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, with articles in 31 languages. The next two names are Anthuan Maybank and Joseph Rainey. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the best known, was born in 2001. 16 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
33
notable people
Best known
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
in 31 Wikipedia languages
First
1783
Thomas R. Mitchell
Youngest
2001
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
Most common field
Sports
16 people
What stands out about Georgetown’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Georgetown’s famous people were born
The 1990s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryMusicWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineNotableFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Georgetown
By how many languages cover them, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden comes first (31), then Anthuan Maybank (15) and Joseph Rainey (12).
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What Georgetown is known for
Georgetown has 1.4× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Georgetown
Still to come: 30 more, from 1783 to 1998.
Virginia Durant Young
1842–1906American suffragist, temperance activist, author, newspaper editor/owner
Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Norridge Mayhams
1903–1988American singer, songwriter, bandleader and record producer
MusicWikipedia ↗
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Georgetown 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 (13)
- Melissa Jefferson-Wooden: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Rainey: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clayton Geathers: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clifton Geathers: original: Keith Allisonderivative: Diddykong1130, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Myers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Carl Anderson: North Charleston from North Charleston, SC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ruston Kelly: MitLaw, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Byron Young: Tennessee Titans, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joel R. P. Pringle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginia Durant Young: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Doris Funnye Innis: Erik Falkensteen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- L. J. McCray: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnnie J. Young: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons