History · Altamont
Close to home
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Altamont yet, but 22 notable people were born within 35 miles. Here they are, nearest first.
Morrison · 15 mi
Dottie West
American country music singer and songwriterSamuel C. Lind
Radiation chemist
John Houston Savage
American politicianJohn B. Forester
American politician
Kevin Wilson
American writer
John Calhoun Bell
American congressman and judgeAlline Banks Sprouse
American basketball playerHarriette Kershaw Leiding
American writerRebecca Matlock
American photographer
Tom Stewart
American politicianRaymond H. Cooley
United States Army Medal of Honor recipientRay Phelps
American baseball playerHillis Layne
Major League Baseball player, scout
Peter Turney
American politicianBob Long
American baseball playerWilliam E. Beard
College football player, soldier, journalist, war correspondent, and naval historian
Dinah Shore
American singer and actressJohn Templeton
American-born British stock investor, businessman and philanthropist