Famous people · Jacob
Close to home: 23 famous people born near Jacob
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Jacob yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
23
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Faye Dunaway
Best known
Faye Dunaway
in 75 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Jacob’s famous people
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Famous people born near Jacob
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Jacob yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Norman Thagard
born 1943United States Marine Corps officer, aviator and astronaut
Dixie Howell
1912–1971American football and baseball player and coach
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Jacob, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Faye Dunaway: JacobsT21, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norman Thagard: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Donna D'Errico: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Dderrico&action=edit&redlink=1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Mack Brown: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Artis Gilmore: Mark Bruner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bobby Goldsboro: United Artists Records, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Oliver Lake: Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Cain: Steve Paluch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons