Famous people · Ambrose
Close to home: 28 famous people born near Ambrose
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Ambrose yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
28
within 35 miles
Closest
34 mi
Ossie Davis
Best known
Ossie Davis
in 32 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Ambrose’s famous people
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Famous people born near Ambrose
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Ambrose yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
G. Wayne Clough
born 1941President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology and 12th Secretary of the Smithsonian
Morris Berthold Abram
1918–2000American civil rights lawyer
Frances Mayes
born 1940American university professor and writer
Ossie Davis
1917–2005American actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Ambrose, 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 (16)
- Ossie Davis: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Forrest Towns: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tyreek Hill: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Caitlin Carmichael: Sidewalks Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kip Moore: Jessica Wardwell- Red Light Management, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dawson Mathis: US Congress, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dave Prater: Stax, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morris Berthold Abram: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- G. Wayne Clough: The original uploader was Courtarro at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- J. Mark Wilcox: Collection of U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Rogers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paulene Myers: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wayne Dowdy: NatalieMaynor, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Billy Lee Evans: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Brownlee: dann_garcia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William McDonald Wheeler: US Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons