History · Powellsville
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Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Powellsville yet, but 30 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.
Ahoskie · 5 mi
Amber O'Neal
American professional wrestlerEric Downing
American football defensive tackleJason Horton
Player of American and Canadian footballHoyt Patrick Taylor
North Carolina politician; Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient
William Blount
American statesman and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution
Frank Ballance
American politicianJethro Pugh
Player of American footballTootie Robbins
American football playerJoseph H. Beeman
American politicianThomas Smith
American football defensive back in the National Football League
Kent Bazemore
American basketball player
John H. Rogers
American politicianDwight Stephenson
Player of American football
William Nathan Harrell Smith
American politicianFred Vinson
American basketball player-coachJulian Myrick
American insurance salesman and tennis promoter
Harriet Jacobs
American slave, writer, and abolitionist
William Allen
American politician, 31st Governor of OhioJesse Gonzalez
Mexican association football player
Penelope Barker
American revolution activist
John Manning Jr.
American politician
Catfish Hunter
American baseball playerLouise Nixon Sutton
African-American mathematician
Thomas Gregory Skinner
American politician
Asa Biggs
Politician of North Carolina
Dwight Ewell
American actor
Jim Perry
American baseball player