Famous people · Norris
Close to home: 16 famous people born near Norris
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Norris yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
16
within 35 miles
Closest
18 mi
Chadwick Boseman
Best known
Chadwick Boseman
in 81 Wikipedia languages
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Famous people born near Norris
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Norris yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
John E. Hines
1910–1997Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Bishop of Texas; American Episcopal bishop
John C. Portman Jr.
1924–2017American architect and real estate developer
Guy Davenport
1927–2005American novelist, short story writer, poet, illustrator, translator, teacher
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Norris, 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)
- Chadwick Boseman: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lindsey Graham: U.S. Senate Photo Office, Brett Flashnick, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Edwards: United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jessica Stroup: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darline Graham: Rosa Pineda, United States Senate, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Nance: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Rice: Ted_Kennedy_and_Jim_Rice.jpg: John Earls derivative work: Delaywaves talk, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons