Gainesville, Georgia
Gainesville, Georgia ranks 7,952nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Spencer, Massachusetts, Kobanî, and St. Mary's County, Maryland. Memorable people born in Gainesville, Georgia include Margaret Woodrow Wilson and Andrew Goudelock. Memorable people who died in Gainesville, Georgia include James Longstreet, William Higinbotham, and Milt Campbell. Gainesville, Georgia has been the birth place of many politicians and basketball players and the death place of many military personnels and physicists. Gainesville, Georgia is located in United States.
Gainesville is a city and the county seat of Hall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 42,296. Because of its large number of poultry processing plants, it has been called the "Poultry Capital of the World." Gainesville is the principal city of the Gainesville, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Gainesville, Georgia Combined Statistical Area. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1886 and 1988, Gainesville, Georgia was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Margaret Woodrow Wilson and Andrew Goudelock. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Gainesville, Georgia including James Longstreet, William Higinbotham, and Milt Campbell. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Gainesville, Georgia than were born there.
People Born in Gainesville, Georgia
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People Deceased in Gainesville, Georgia
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James Longstreet
1821 - 1904
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 1
William Higinbotham
1910 - 1994
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 2
Milt Campbell
1933 - 2012
HPI: 39.06
Rank: 3
Most individuals born in present day Gainesville, Georgia were politicians (1) and basketball players (1), while most who died were military personnels (1), physicists (1), and athletes (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Gainesville, Georgia since 1700.
