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AUGUSTA
Most Famous People Born in Augusta, United States
- Notable people
- 306
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1940
- Most distinctive
- Golf 15.4×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Augusta during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Augusta Is Known For
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Football is Augusta's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (47).
Augusta over-indexes on golf — 15.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Augusta's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Military
- Science
- Music
- Other
- Filtered to 1840s Clear ×
0111 ACTOR
Ruby Lafayette
1844 - 1935
0142 POLITICIAN
Robert Deniston Hume
1845 - 1908
0151 ACTOR
Effie Germon
1845 - 1914
0183 CLERGY
Isaac S. Hopkins
1841 - 1914
0250 LAWYER
Orville D. Baker
1847 - 1908
0252 BUSINESS
William Walker Scranton
1844 - 1916
0254 MILITAR
Henry A. McMasters
1848 - 1872
0270 BASEBALL
Ham Allen
1846 - 1881
0285 POET
Maria Louise Eve
Born 1848
0297 EDITOR
Horace Williams Fuller
1844 - 1901
0298 LAWYER
John S. Davidson
1846 - 1894
0301 INVENTOR
Harriet A. Brown
1844 - 1930