History · Center
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Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Center yet, but 25 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.
Effingham · 6 mi
Monica Elizabeth Sullivan
Ph.D. The Catholic University of America 1934Wayne J. McConnell
American football coach
Amelia Earhart
American aviation pioneer and authorMary Peters Fieser
American chemistJesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
Charles Lester Marlatt
American entomologist
Chester L. Mize
American politician
Georgia Caldwell Smith
One of the first African-American women to gain a bachelor's degree in mathematics
Al Reynolds
American football playerJerry Robertson
American baseball playerNicholas Watson
English/Canadian historian and literary criticBill Striegel
American football player
King O'Malley
Australian politician
Joe Tinker
American baseball player, managerRuben A. Stirton
American paleontologistFred Marsh
American baseball player