History · Atkinson
Close to home
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Atkinson yet, but 23 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.
Ivanhoe · 6 mi
Minnie Evans
African American artistSamm-Art Williams
American playwright and screenwriterO'Bryan
American musician, singer/songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist
James A. Forbes
American ministerGeorge Lucas Paddison
American lawyer and academicJohn Henry Burnett
Lawyer and North Carolina State SenatorGladys Hobbs Peterson
American artist
John Baptista Ashe
American politician
William Shepperd Ashe
American politicianJohn Baptista Ashe
American politician
M. L. Carr
American basketball player and coach
Javonte Williams
American football running backJames R. Jordan, Sr.
Murder victim, father of basketball player Michael JordanWray Carlton
American football player
Charles S. Murphy
White House Counsel during the Truman Administration 1951–1953Mary Lee Mills
American nurse