Famous people · Alamance
Close to home: 18 famous people born near Alamance
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Alamance yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
18
within 35 miles
Closest
19 mi
Edward R. Murrow
Best known
Edward R. Murrow
in 50 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Alamance’s famous people
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Famous people born near Alamance
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Alamance yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Maury Laws
1923–2019American television and film composer
Emma Tillman
1892–2007Supercentenarian, oldest person in the world
Thomas Hart Benton
1782–1858State Senator from Tennessee, Senator and U.S. Representative from Missouri
Sam Hargrave
born 1982American stunt performer, actor and director
Kenneth Lewis Anderson
1805–1845Lawyer, the fourth and last Vice President of the Republic of Texas
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Alamance, 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)
- Edward R. Murrow: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Isner: Diliff, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loretta Lynch: United States Department of Justice, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bob McAdoo: Erik_Spoelstra_and_Heat_players_huddle.jpg: Keith Allison derivative work: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eddie Pope: United States Congressman Zach Wamp, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gianluca Busio: Jamie Smed, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Hart Benton: Ferdinand Thomas Lee Boyle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lowell Bailey: Guillaume Baviere from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons